{"product_id":"9781035420148","title":"Big in Sweden","description":"Author: Sally Franson\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035420148\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Headline\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I don't think I've ever laughed this hard in my entire life while reading a book!'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e?????\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Really, a must-read novel this summer!'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e?????\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Full of quick insight and charming detail. . . packed with one-liners' \u003cb\u003eKATHERINE HEINY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A flat out delight . . . I laughed out loud, I ugly cried' \u003cb\u003eMEG RYAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e?? One Swedish summer.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e?? One reality TV show.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e?? One chance to find out who she really is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI would go to Sweden and everything would be different. I'd be surrounded by tens of hundreds of Alexander Skarsgards. They'd put flower crowns in my hair . . . carry IKEA furniture instead of guns . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaulie Johansson is lost: on the brink of midlife, all she's got to show for herself is a dead-end job and some serious family baggage. 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I don't think I've ever laughed this hard in my entire life while reading a book!'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026amp;#11088;\u0026amp;#11088;\u0026amp;#11088;\u0026amp;#11088;\u0026amp;#11088;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'What a great feel-good read... Really, a must-read novel this summer!'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026amp;#11088;\u0026amp;#11088;\u0026amp;#11088;\u0026amp;#11088;\u0026amp;#11088;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'What a great, fun, witty summer read. 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