{"product_id":"star-is-bored-book-byron-lane-9781250266491","title":"A Star Is Bored","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Star is Bored\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute knockout. Riotously funny and wickedly tender.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-- Taylor Jenkins Reid, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eDaisy Jones and the Six\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Wildly funny and irreverent... Lane's writing lifts the novel far above its gossamer Hollywood setting, suffusing [the novel] with a complex sensitivity.\"\u003cbr\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e A hilariously heartfelt novel influenced in part by the author's time assisting Carrie Fisher.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of Summer 2020 - Named a Must-Read Summer book by \u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e - Named One of the 14 Best Books of Summer 2020 by \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e - One of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's 2020 \"Titles to Watch\" - One of the 30 Best Beach Reads According to \u003ci\u003eParade Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e She needs an assistant.\u003cbr\u003e He needs a hero.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charlie Besson is tense and sweating as he prepares for a wild job interview. His car is idling, like his life, outside the Hollywood mansion of Kathi Kannon, star of stage and screen and \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e magazine's Worst Dressed list. She's an actress in need of assistance, and he's adrift and in need of a lifeline.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Kathi is an icon, bestselling author, and award-winning movie star, most known for her role as Priestess Talara in a blockbuster sci-fi film. She's also known in another role: Outrageous Hollywood royalty. Admittedly so. Famously so. Chaotically so, as Charlie quickly discovers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charlie gets the job, and his three-year odyssey is filled with late-night shopping sprees, last-minute trips to see the aurora borealis, and an initiation to that most sacred of Hollywood tribes: the personal assistant. But Kathi becomes much more than a boss, and as their friendship grows Charlie must make a choice. Will he always be on the sidelines of life, assisting the great forces that be, or can he step into his own life's leading role?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Laugh-out-loud funny, and searingly poignant, Byron Lane's \u003ci\u003eA Star is Bored\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that, like the star at its center, is enchanting and joyous, heartbreaking and hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49533055533329,"sku":"GOR010803620","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50114019098897,"sku":"CIN1250266491VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50299212333329,"sku":"CIN1250266491G","price":4.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53151934349585,"sku":"GOR011295847","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1250266491.jpg?v=1750889189","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/star-is-bored-book-byron-lane-9781250266491","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}