{"product_id":"lost-girls-and-love-hotels-9780060846848","title":"Lost Girls and Love Hotels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNow a feature film starring Alexandra Daddario \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn achingly honest debut novel of memory, self-destruction, and relationships set in contemporary Tokyo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSometimes, when I'm staring down a room of Japanese stewardesses-in-training, looking across a sea of shiny black coifs, a chorus line of stockinged legs, knees together, toes to the side, when I'm chanting, \"Sir, you are endangering yourself and other passengers!\" I think I should have let my brother stab me . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret is doing everything in her power to forget home. And Tokyo's red light district--teeming with intoxicants, pornography, and seedy love hotels--is almost enough to keep at bay memories of her brother Frank's descent into schizophrenia. But sobriety brings the past flooding back, along with a pervasive fear that she, too, is destined to battle mental illness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Working as an English specialist at a training academy for Japanese stewardesses by day, and losing herself at night in drugs, alcohol, and S\u0026amp;M fueled sex in the arms of anonymous men, Margaret numbs her loneliness with self destruction, wondering when she'll take things too far. And when she falls for a married man who is part of Tokyo's illicit underworld, their relationship might finally force her hand. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Hanrahan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.36w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060846848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2006 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2006 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2006 pg. 485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHanrahan, Catherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Hanrahan 's fiction has appeared in \u003cem\u003eZoetrope All-Story Extr\u003c\/em\u003ea and \u003cem\u003eOpen City\u003c\/em\u003e. Born in Montreal, she has lived in Thailand, England, and Japan, where she worked as a bar hostess and English teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110547652723,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":18.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8831a8be-627e-4970-8eed-cee3124515bc.jpg?v=1748979330","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/lost-girls-and-love-hotels-9780060846848","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}