{"product_id":"glamorous-disasters-paperback","title":"Glamorous Disasters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEliot Schrefer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoah rose from humble beginnings and, through pure grit and resourcefulness, got himself through Princeton.\u003c\/b\u003e Now staggering under the weight of massive student loans and dazzled by life in the big city, Noah enters the rarefied field of SAT tutoring in Manhattan, working one-on-one with the spoiled, gorgeous children of the American aristocracy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He takes on the considerable academic challenges that are Dylan Thayer, a dissipated high school athlete-socialite, and his waifish sister, Tuscany. Dylan won't lift a finger to do anything but pick up a lacrosse stick, and Tuscany is avidly pursuing her own downfall via drugs and relationships with men more than twice her age. But their mother, a self-medicating pediatrician, has ambitious plans for them in spite of their shortcomings -- and she has plans for their SAT tutor as well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With echoes of \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Wears Prada, The Nanny Diaries, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBright Lights, Big City, Glamorous Disasters\u003c\/i\u003e is an incisive portrayal of a small and privileged world, a cautionary tale written by a Harvard grad who was once an SAT tutor himself -- an outsider who became a magnificently observant insider.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 8.43 x 5.47 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131950141575,"sku":"9780743281683","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/edd57c69c521dae91b8714921ced9eeb.webp?v=1732622623","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/glamorous-disasters-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}