{"product_id":"9780063482319","title":"Cherry Baby","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA breathtakingly honest new novel from #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eEleanor \u0026amp; Park\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSlow Dance\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverybody knows that Cherry’s husband, Tom, is in Hollywood making a movie…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost nobody knows that he isn’t coming home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTom is the creator of \u003cem\u003eThursday—\u003c\/em\u003ea semi-autobiographical webcomic, turned bestselling graphic novel, turned international phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSemi-autobiographical.\u003c\/em\u003e That means there’s a character in this movie based on Cherry… “Baby.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWide-hipped, heavy-chested, double-chinned Baby.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCherry never wanted this. No fat girl wants to see herself caricatured on the page\u003cem\u003e—\u003c\/em\u003elet alone on the big screen. But there’s no getting \u003cem\u003eaway\u003c\/em\u003e from it. Baby looks so much like Cherry that strangers recognize her at the grocery store.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile her soon-to-be ex-husband is in Los Angeles getting rich and famous and being the Internet’s latest boyfriend, Cherry is stuck in Omaha taking care of the dog he always wanted and the house they were going to raise a family in…and wondering who she's supposed to be without him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCherry had promised to love Tom through thick and thin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe’d \u003cem\u003emeant\u003c\/em\u003e it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne night, Cherry decides to leave all her problems, including Tom’s overgrown puppy, at home. She ventures out to see her favorite band play her favorite album…and someone recognizes her from across the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuss Sutton knew Cherry when she was a young art student with a fondness for pin-up dresses and patent leather heels. Before Tom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuss \u003cem\u003eknows\u003c\/em\u003e Cherry. He \u003cem\u003elikes\u003c\/em\u003e Cherry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd best of all…he’s never heard of \u003cem\u003eThursday\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCherry Baby\u003c\/em\u003e is Rainbow Rowell’s richest, most ambitious—\u003cem\u003esexiest\u003c\/em\u003e—novel yet. Told with deep tenderness and shot through with Rowell's signature wit—this is a second-chance romance for grown-ups. For people who understand how rare it is to get even one chance at love, and how impossible it can feel to make it work. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rainbow Rowell","offers":[{"title":"HarperCollins |  Paperback \/ softback  |  2026-04-14","offer_id":47350521200895,"sku":"9780063482319","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_7a107fca-0efd-43a3-b763-2f03194e8cbb.jpg?v=1760455263","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780063482319","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}