{"product_id":"the-spinster-diaries-paperback","title":"The Spinster Diaries - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGina Fattore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur heroine, a moderately successful TV writer in L.A., wants her life to be as sunny and perfect as a Hollywood rom-com: a cool job, a wacky best friend, and lots of age-appropriate hot guys just dying to date her. Instead, she's a self-described spinster who is swimming in anxiety and just might have a tiny little brain tumor. So she turns to an unlikely source for inspiration: the eighteenth-century novelist and diarist Frances Burney, who pretty much invented the chick-lit novel. \u003cbr\u003e A semi-autobiographical unromantic comedy, \u003ci\u003eThe Spinster Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e is a laugh-out-loud satire of both the TV business and the well-worn conventions of chick lit--as well as the true tale of the forgotten writer who inspired Jane Austen to greatness. It's an endearing and refreshingly honest testament to how one person's life can reach out across the centuries to touch another's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGina Fattore is executive producer of the USA network series \u003ci\u003eDare Me\u003c\/i\u003e. She's also written for \u003ci\u003eMasters of Sex, Parenthood, Californication, Gilmore Girls\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDawson's Creek\u003c\/i\u003e. Before moving to Los Angeles to become a TV writer, she was an assistant editor at the \u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays and reviews have appeared there and also in the Millions, Salon, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. In 2015 she delivered a TEDx talk about spinsterhood called \"Become What You Believe.\" Learn more at ginafattore.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47486199857373,"sku":"9781945551734","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/rv2IuUB_Bb9781945551734.webp?v=1771857187","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-spinster-diaries-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}