{"title":"Martha Sherrill","description":"Martha Sherrill is the author of The Buddha from Brooklyn, a work of nonfiction, and My Last Movie Star, a novel.","products":[{"product_id":"the-ruins-of-california-paperback","title":"The Ruins of California - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the Ruin family in 1970s California, as described by the precocious young Inez, life is complex. Her father, Paul, is self-obsessed, intrusive, and brilliant. He's also twice divorced, leaving Inez to bounce between two worlds and embracing neither-that of Paul's bohemian life in San Francisco and the more sedate world of her mother Connie, a Latin bombshell who plays tennis and attends EST seminars in the suburbs. As Inez progresses through high school we are witness to a remarkable family saga that renders a strange and fascinating slice of America in transition-one like the Ruins of California themselves, at once bold and innocent, creative and chaotic, obsessed and liberating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103122755807,"sku":"9781594482311","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/yermvcXOUF9781594482311.webp?v=1781090332"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/martha-sherrill.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}