{"product_id":"proof-of-progress-9780063490277","title":"Proof of Progress","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America \u003c\/i\u003eBook Club pick \u003ci\u003eSave What's Left\u003c\/i\u003e comes a witty and sharp-tongued novel about an actress whose manuscript is thirty-seven years overdue--and the life moments that led to its delay.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria Astorini, once popular character actress and late-night talk show darling, is having a moment. The B-list actress has survived deaths, divorces, a famous mother, a Hollywood blacklist, a string of public embarrassments, an aging face, financial ruin, an empty nest, a difficult best friend, and a worldwide pandemic. Now, she's back and bigger than ever. A small, unexpected role has heightened her celebrity status and propelled her, at age sixty-five, into the limelight. And then, along comes the call Maria has spent decades avoiding. It's her publisher asking, \"Where is that book?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria knows the world doesn't need another celebrity memoir. To finally fulfill her contract, Maria writes, or attempts to write, or, at the very least, sends a pile of pages meant to vaguely resemble the book she promised to deliver nearly four decades earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a series of bite-sized anecdotes, she candidly recalls her past, chronicling the significant, and insignificant moments of her full, funny, and extraordinarily unpredictable life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria hasn't been able to write a book about her life--she's been too busy living it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Castellano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.70w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063490277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026 pg. 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCastellano, Elizabeth:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Castellano\u003c\/b\u003e lives in New York, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eSave What's Left\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Proof of Progress.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Elizabeth Castellano \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48944125837469,"sku":"9780063490277","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_0eff9153-4020-4429-9b5f-609bc6d4c2e4.jpg?v=1790154113","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/proof-of-progress-9780063490277","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}