{"product_id":"the-lion-is-in-paperback","title":"The Lion Is In - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the sharpest observers of human behavior around.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBY THE \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eSIRACUSA, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ecoming in trade paperback on June 6, 2017!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracee is a runaway bride and kleptomaniac. Lana's an audacious beauty, a recovering alcoholic. Rita is a holy-roller minister's wife, desperate to escape her marriage. One warm summer's night, these three women go on the lam together. Their car breaks down on a rural highway in North Carolina and they're forced to seek shelter in a seemingly abandoned nightclub. Which is where they meet Marcel. And soon everything changes. Marcel, you see, is a lion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with the deftness, humor, and sparkling wit that mark her books, plays, and movies, Delia Ephron's \u003ci\u003eThe Lion Is In\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable story of friendship, courage, love--and learning to salsa with the king of the jungle.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracee is a runaway bride and kleptomaniac. Lana's an audacious beauty and a recovering alcoholic. Rita is a holy-roller minister's wife, desperate to escape her marriage and discover whether she actually has a mind of her own. \u003cbr\u003eOne warm summer's night, these three women go on the lam together. Their car breaks down on a rural highway in North Carolina and they're forced to seek shelter in a seemingly abandoned nightclub. Which is where they meet Marcel. And soon everything changes. \u003cbr\u003eMarcel, you see, is a lion, a retired circus performer stuck in a cage in this godforsaken roadhouse. And through admiration - one might even say love - for Marcel, our heroines find a way to confront their complicated pasts and fight for the strange, embracing relationships they've formed out in the middle of nowhere. They ultimately navigate their way back to their own hearts - and ours. \u003cbr\u003eWritten with the deftness, humor, and sparkling wit that have marked her books, plays, and movies, Delia Ephron's \"The Lion Is In\" is an unforgettable story of friendship, courage, love - and learning to salsa with the king of the jungle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68309160722655,"sku":"9780452298934","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Fl7uAgUND9780452298934.webp?v=1793051499","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-lion-is-in-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}