{"product_id":"plus-one-paperback-1","title":"Plus One - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Noxon\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Behind every great man there's a great woman . . . and in Noxon's telling, behind every great woman there's a charming, deeply conflicted guy (sometimes holding a very expensive handbag). Hilarious and unflinching, \u003ci\u003ePlus One\u003c\/i\u003e is a funny, sharply observed, heartbreaking look at love, power, and happily-ever-after in Hollywood.\"--Jennifer Weiner, author of \u003ci\u003eWho Do You Love, The Next Best Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGood in Bed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew in paperback after a successful run in hardcover, Christopher Noxon's debut novel \u003ci\u003ePlus One\u003c\/i\u003e is a comedic take on breadwinning women and caretaking men in contemporary Los Angeles. Alex Sherman-Zicklin is a midlevel marketing executive whose wife's fourteenth attempt at a TV pilot is produced, ordered to series, and awarded an Emmy. Overnight, she's sucked into a mad show-business vortex and he's tasked with managing their new high-profile Hollywood lifestyle. He falls in with a posse of Plus Ones, men who are married to women whose success, income, and public recognition far surpasses their own. What will it take for him to regain the foreground in his own life? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher Noxon is an accomplished journalist who has written for such publications as \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDetails\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eRejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-Up\u003c\/i\u003e (Crown), earned him interviews on such shows as \u003ci\u003eThe Colbert Report\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e and generated features in \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTalk of the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e; Ira Glass of \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e called the book \"an eye-opener.\" Noxon happens to be married to a top TV writer\/producer and does the school chauffeuring for their three children, so he knows whereof he speaks regarding Plus Ones. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42165233221767,"sku":"9781938849725","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5393afbe86208694021b5f51ef851139.webp?v=1733312026","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/plus-one-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}