{"product_id":"9798986037714","title":"Lying Down with Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eA no-nonsense tale of a college girl, a celebrity encounter, a sexy restaurant, wealthy men, savvy women and many moments of self-discovery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eValerie Imparato's corporate career path is nearly sideswiped as she becomes indoctrinated into the racy lifestyles of the affluent \u003cem style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003esometimes famous\u003c\/em\u003e patrons in her coveted server position at one of Philly's top restaurants-until the fortuitous wisdom of her Italian grandmothers sheds light on Val's relationships with men, sex, and money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eWill Val finally hook up with Billy Joel? How will spending her birthday alone in Mexico turn out? Will she fire her therapist? \u003c\/em\u003eIt all comes full-circle for the college girl turned marketing exec from South Philadelphia in this novella \u003cstrong style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003ebased on a true story.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Valerie transitions from the office to a sexy restaurant and back, she must face some of the same businesspeople she serves lobster fra diavolo or a dirty martini to a few nights a week. Through lavish dinner parties and some eye-opening experiences inside the \"boys' club,\" plus laugh-out-loud interactions with Val's sharp-tongued restaurant co-workers and other comical characters, Valerie gets a front row seat to a diametric lifestyle that eventually changes the way she views the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who's spent time working in a restaurant, and especially those who've been on the dating scene, \u003cem style=\"background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)\"\u003eLying Down with Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e is a humorously anecdotal, fast-reading novella with a few surprises. All the major themes play out in this little book of big characters: beauty, trade-offs, friendships, and the question of who's using who.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Awakened Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46369150468337,"sku":"9798986037714","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9798986037714_p0.jpg?v=1765305355","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9798986037714","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}