{"product_id":"9798217008261","title":"Star Island","description":"\u003cb\u003eA hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane from “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSqueeze Me\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now meet Cherry again: in the person of her “undercover stunt double,” Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too “indisposed”—meaning wasted—to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now the challenge for Cherry’s handlers (über–stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped, tucked, and Botoxed twin publicists; weed whacker–wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry’s public—and from Cherry herself. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink—the unhinged former governor of Florida living wild in a mangrove swamp—and now he’s heading for Miami to find her…. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Will Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo session with Cherry Pye? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry’s motley posse does?","brand":"Carl Hiaasen","offers":[{"title":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2025-09-16","offer_id":46914720628991,"sku":"9798217008261","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/9798217008261.jpg?v=1757443311","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9798217008261","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}