{"product_id":"jetsetters-book-amanda-eyre-ward-9780399181894","title":"The Jetsetters","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELER - Reese's Book Club 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\u003eThe 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eESQUIRE\u003c\/i\u003e\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.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49513015050513,"sku":"GOR010596015","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49942173974801,"sku":"CIN039918189XG","price":3.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49942180593937,"sku":"CIN039918189XVG","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50352664314129,"sku":"CIN039918189XA","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/039918189X.jpg?v=1751433935","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/jetsetters-book-amanda-eyre-ward-9780399181894","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}