{"product_id":"pretend-you-love-me-9780316127417","title":"Pretend You Love Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Julie Anne Peters\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: LGBTQ+ - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant novel about queer identity from National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mike (real name: Mary Elizabeth) is gay and likes to pump iron, play softball, and fix plumbing. In addition to her identity, Mike is struggling to come to terms with her father's suicide and her mother's detachment from the family. When a glamorous new girl, Xanadu, arrives in Mike's small Kansas town, Mike falls in love at first sight. Xanadu is everything Mike is not: cool, confident, feminine, sexy...and straight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published under the title \u003ci\u003eFar From Xanadu, \u003c\/i\u003ethis heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful novel will speak to anyone who has ever fallen in love with someone who can't love them back.","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45355004493975,"sku":"9780316127417","price":1279.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780316127417.webp?v=1767308776","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/pretend-you-love-me-9780316127417","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}