{"product_id":"based-on-a-true-story-paperback","title":"Based on a True Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Renzetti\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA delectable satirical novel about celebrity culture, journalism, truth, lies, consequences -- about the fictions we tell ourselves and the fictions we tell others.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a slatternly barmaid on a nighttime soap opera and for falling down drunk in public. Now, she has no job, no relationship with her long-lost son, and a sad shortage of tranquilizers -- but she has had an improbable hit with her memoir (which is based on a true story, but only very loosely).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Frances Bleeker -- an insecure and not very successful American tabloid journalist -- tells Augusta that a man she once loved has written a book, Augusta becomes terrified that her life story will be revealed as the web of lies it really is. She sets out on a trans-Atlantic journey from London to California to seek revenge on her former lover -- a journey that will require the reluctant help of Frances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Renzetti\u003c\/b\u003e is a columnist for the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, and for several years worked the London bureau. Her work has been anthologized in collections of essays, and she regularly appears as a radio and television commentator.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700723814463,"sku":"9781770893139","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/0fe09da9b6639f4e6d3e864518987a9b.webp?v=1765017914","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/based-on-a-true-story-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}