{"product_id":"not-how-i-pictured-itbooks","title":"Not How I Pictured It","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe OC\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Unhoneymooners\u003c\/em\u003e in this shipwreck romcom when the reunited cast of a hit show get stuck on a deserted island with nothing but their complete lack of survival skills, simmering drama, and the sneaking suspicion that someone is up to no good. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgnes “Ness” Larkin has been out of the spotlight for twenty years since her quick departure from a starring role in a hit teen TV drama. When the show is tapped for a reboot, no one is more surprised than Ness that she signs on to rejoin the cast, leaving behind a normal—if not exactly thrilling—life in Toronto. Also back for round two are Libby, Ness’s former best friend and soon to be makeup empire magnate, and Hayes, Ness’s one-that-got-away who has risen to A-list fame (and somehow gotten even better looking) in the years she’s been gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they set off for filming near the Bahamas, a storm leaves the seven actors and one production assistant stranded on a small island with only an abandoned, derelict mansion to wait out the storm. But when the weather clears and a new day rises—their boat is gone too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuck in a bizarre, crumbling house on an uninhabited island with possibly the most useless survival group in history, Ness and her co-stars are forced to revisit a minefield of past transgressions and come to terms with the adults they’ve become as they work together to ride out the storm. Or at least pretend to—they are actors, after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterspersed with weather reports, fictional memoir excerpts, a dating profile and Perez-Hilton-esque blog posts, \u003cem\u003eNot How I Pictured It \u003c\/em\u003eis a rollicking novel of delightful absurdity, pithy dialogue, and no shortage of heart. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lefler, Robin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":47143470858464,"sku":"","price":14.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bbcb3cfb-a68a-482b-9105-e595900db7f7.jpg?v=1742065894","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/not-how-i-pictured-itbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}