{"product_id":"the-jetsetters-9780399181917","title":"The Jetsetters","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine Book Pick - Named One of the Best Beach Reads of 2020 by \u003ci\u003eParade, O: The Oprah Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Good Housekeeping\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The exuberant activity aboard the Splendido Marveloso is no match for the fireworks set off as the lies explode. Full of wicked humor and delicious destination details.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e (Book of the Week)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When seventy-year-old Charlotte Perkins submits a sexy essay to the Become a Jetsetter contest, she dreams of reuniting her estranged children: Lee, an almost-famous actress; Cord, a handsome Manhattan venture capitalist who can't seem to find a partner; and Regan, a harried mother who took it all wrong when Charlotte bought her a Weight Watchers gift certificate for her birthday. Charlotte yearns for the years when her children were young, when she was a single mother who meant everything to them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When she wins the contest, the family packs their baggage--both literal and figurative--and spends ten days traveling from sun-drenched Athens through glorious Rome to tapas-laden Barcelona on an over-the-top cruise ship, the \u003ci\u003eSplendido Marveloso\u003c\/i\u003e. As lovers new and old join the adventure, long-buried secrets are revealed and old wounds are reopened, forcing the Perkins family to confront the forces that drove them apart and the defining choices of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Can four lost adults find the peace they've been seeking by reconciling their childhood aches and coming back together? In the vein of \u003ci\u003eThe Nest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Vacationers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Jetsetters \u003c\/i\u003eis a delicious and intelligent novel about the courage it takes to reveal our true selves, the pleasures and perils of family, and how we navigate the seas of adulthood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399181917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Amanda Eyre Ward","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39329945551029,"sku":"9780399181917","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2fbf76f8-d6d5-41b7-9ae0-9584841d4808.jpg?v=1614693042","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-jetsetters-9780399181917","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}