{"id":2004530,"date":"2025-08-04T03:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/none\/confessions-of-a-mango\/\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:04:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T07:04:59","slug":"confessions-of-a-mango","status":"publish","type":"hbg-title","link":"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/kate-lumsden\/confessions-of-a-mango\/9780316586078\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a Mango"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coming to a Shelf Near You: Kate Lumsden and Nate Pieplow on CONFESSIONS OF A MANGO\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1151982590?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"meet-the-author alignnone\">\n\n\t<div class=\"module__content meet-the-author__inner module--fixed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-author__content no-author__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"meet-the-author__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/contributor\/kate-lumsden\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKate Lumsden\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"meet-the-author__body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"meet-the-author__heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout the Author\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Kate Lumsden<\/b> lives in Boulder with two awesome kids, a great husband, and two elderly cats. 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