{"product_id":"upward-bound-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-novel-1","title":"Upward Bound: A Read with Jenna Pick: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wondrous, deeply affecting portrait of the interlocking lives at an adult day care center in Southern California, depicting an often overlooked community with extraordinary wit and grace—a “triumphant”* novel by a major new literary voice hailed as a “groundbreaking debut novelist”**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] revelation that forces you to ask: How much do we overlook in people—how many gifts do we fail to nurture—by making overly hasty judgments?”—Frank Bruni,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Funny and moving and ringing with life.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This captivating work illuminates a world too often ignored.”—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(starred review)**\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Implosive and wonderfully inspirational.”—Paul Beatty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Great characters, great pace, great story—reading\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpward Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a complicated joy.”—Roddy Doyle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It will change the way you look at the world.”—Angie Kim\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpward Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is unlike any novel you've read before. Set in an adult day care center in Los Angeles, it's a profoundly moving group portrait of autism and other disabilities, all illuminated by Woody Brown’s empathy, sly sense of humor, and enormous gifts as a novelist. With remarkable sophistication, insight, and creativity, Brown depicts a community too-often invisible in literature and society. Filled with characters you won’t soon forget, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpward Bound\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will inspire and touch you, teaching you as much about yourself as the tender, miraculous world behind the center’s doors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67997520068883,"sku":"9780593979990","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0815\/1652\/7891\/files\/upwardbound.jpg?v=1794432959","url":"https:\/\/www.monsterasbooks.com\/products\/upward-bound-a-read-with-jenna-pick-a-novel-1","provider":"Monstera's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}