{"product_id":"bitter-orange-9781947793156","title":"Bitter Orange","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Unsettling and eerie, \u003ci\u003eBitter Orange\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal chiller.\" ―\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eOur Endless Numbered Days \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSwimming Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBitter Orange\u003c\/i\u003e is a seductive psychological portrait, a keyhole into the dangers of longing and how far a woman might go to escape her past.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the attic of Lyntons, a dilapidated English country mansion, Frances Jellico sees them―Cara first: dark and beautiful, then Peter: striking and serious. The couple is spending the summer of 1969 in the rooms below hers while Frances is researching the architecture in the surrounding gardens. But she's distracted. Beneath a floorboard in her bathroom, she finds a peephole that gives her access to her neighbors' private lives. To Frances's surprise, Cara and Peter are keen to get to know her. It is the first occasion she has had anybody to call a friend, and before long they are spending every day together: eating lavish dinners, drinking bottle after bottle of wine, and smoking cigarettes until the ash piles up on the crumbling furniture. Frances is dazzled. But as the hot summer rolls lazily on, it becomes clear that not everything is right between Cara and Peter. The stories that Cara tells don't quite add up, and as Frances becomes increasingly entangled in the lives of the glamorous, hedonistic couple, the boundaries between truth and lies, right and wrong, begin to blur. Amid the decadence, a small crime brings on a bigger one: a crime so terrible that it will brand their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tin House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947793156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/13\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2018 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2018 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/16\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Claire Fuller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933536153781,"sku":"9781947793156","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bitter-orange-9781947793156","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}