{"product_id":"social-engagement-avery-carpenter-forrey-hardcover","title":"Social Engagement -- Avery Carpenter Forrey, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Like a candy-colored wedding favor with a daringly dark center, Avery Carpenter Forrey's \u003cem\u003eSocial Engagement \u003c\/em\u003eis as mordant and incisive as it is utterly delectable.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003eMegan Abbott, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Turnout \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bitingly sharp and darkly humorous debut novel exploring millennial wedding culture, class, and relationships, all filtered through the ever-present lens of social media. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an opulent honeymoon suite in Watch Hill, Rhode Island's most desirable wedding venue, 29-year-old Callie Holt is spending her wedding night lying in a bathtub shoveling down a pizza; her expensive white dress now splattered with sauce and her groom passed out in the next room. With her seven-hour-old marriage already imploded, Callie turns to the place of record - her phone - sifting through the photographic evidence of the past year to pinpoint where it all went wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould it have started when Callie moved in with her best friend, Virginia Murphy, in the swanky Upper East Side pied-à-terre for which Virginia's parents foot the bill? Or when Virginia's irritatingly attractive cousin (and Callie's secret ex) Ollie returned from pursuing his photography career abroad, throwing a wrench in Callie's relationship with her kind (if a bit dim) finance bro boyfriend, Whit? Or was the true turning point when Callie stumbled upon a dark secret lurking in the Murphys' well-heeled past, one with the potential to upend everything Callie knows about the people she considers her second family?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of one wedding-filled year, all these long-simmering secrets and resentments will come bubbling to the surface, leading to a reckoning that will strip Callie and everyone around her down to their most gruesomely real, filter-free selves. As Callie attends wedding after wedding, getting tagged in post after post, she begins to contemplate--and actualize through her own art--the gulf between the true selves of the people around her and the selves they present on their screens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I can't remember the last time I read a book that so perfectly captures the humor, absurdity, and anguish of how we live now. An astounding debut.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003cstrong\u003eGrant Ginder, author of \u003cem\u003eThe People We Hate at the Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLet's Not Do That Again\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery Carpenter Forrey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063294905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2023","brand":"Forrey, Avery Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49362765807844,"sku":"9780063294905","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/41cwuwlEj2L_c1d1701f-46e2-488e-bc13-f37c72d472de.jpg?v=1783590568","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/social-engagement-avery-carpenter-forrey-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}