{"product_id":"star-island-carl-hiaasen","title":"Star Island (#6) - Carl Hiaasen","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"Text Text__title3 Text__italic Text__regular Text__subdued\" aria-label=\"Book 6 in the Skink series\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/106705-skink\" aria-label=\"Book 6 in the Skink series\"\u003eSkink\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e#6\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about to attempt a comeback from her latest drug-and-alcohol disaster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow meet Cherry again: in the person of her “undercover stunt double,” Ann DeLusia. Ann portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too “indisposed”—meaning wasted—to go out in public. And it is Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry who is kidnapped from a South Beach hotel by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow the challenge for Cherry’s handlers (über–stage mother; horndog record producer; nipped, tucked, and Botoxed twin publicists; weed whacker–wielding bodyguard) is to rescue Ann while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry’s public—and from Cherry herself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe situation is more complicated than they know. Ann has had a bewitching encounter with Skink—the unhinged former governor of Florida living wild in a mangrove swamp—and now he’s heading for Miami to find her . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWill Bang Abbott achieve his fantasy of a lucrative private photo session with Cherry Pye? Will Cherry sober up in time to lip-synch her way through her concert tour? Will Skink track down Ann DeLusia before Cherry’s motley posse does?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll will be revealed in this hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsed Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e352 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published January 1, 2010\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42836185153630,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/si.jpg?v=1780516386","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/star-island-carl-hiaasen","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}