{"product_id":"maybe-the-moon-by-armistead-maupin-9781804999912","title":"Maybe The Moon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Number One international bestseller\u003c\/em\u003e by the author of \u003cem\u003eTales of the City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaybe the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e has been praised as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Wonderful, funny, poignant and gutsy'\u003c\/em\u003e – Mademoiselle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Scathingly funny, haunting... Maupin enlightens, entertains and empowers his readers'\u003c\/em\u003e – Atlanta Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Highly funny and deeply poignant... With a heartfelt resonance few male writers ever accomplish'\u003c\/em\u003e – Boston Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Perfectly pitched and heartbreaking. There hasn't been a funnier, or sadder, novel this year'\u003c\/em\u003e – Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll of thirty-one inches tall, Cadence (Cady) Roth is a true survivor in a town where — as she says — 'you can die of encouragement'. Her early leading role as a lovable elf in a smash-hit American film proved a major disappointment since moviegoers never saw the face behind the rubber mask. After a decade of hollow promises from the Industry, she is still waiting for the miracle that will make her a star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom her infrequent meetings with agents and studio moguls to her regular, harrowing encounters with small children, large dogs and human ignorance, we track our spunky heroine across the saffron-hazed wasteland of Los Angeles. Then one day a lanky piano player saunters into Cady's life, unleashing heady new emotions, and she finds herself going for broke, shooting the moon with a scheme so hare-brained and daring that it just might succeed...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaybe the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e is the poignant and moving tale of an outsider told from the inside which eloquently speaks to the resilience of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47754166370540,"sku":"9781804999912","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804999912-maybe-the-moon.jpg?v=1781658602","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/maybe-the-moon-by-armistead-maupin-9781804999912","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}