{"product_id":"in-love-9781590176665","title":"In Love","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A little masterpiece.\" --Elizabeth Bowen \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA cynical love letter to an affair gone awry against the backdrop of 1950s New York, \"a ruthlessly observant novel with heart-stoppingly good sentences\" (\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York in the 1950s. A man on a barstool is telling a story about a woman he met in a bar, early married and soon divorced, her child farmed out to her parents, good-looking, if a little past her prime. They'd gone out, they'd grown close, but as far as he was concerned it didn't add up to much. He was a busy man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen one day, out dancing, she runs into a rich awkward lovelorn businessman. He'll pay for her to be his, pay her a lot. And now the narrator discovers that he is as much in love with her as she is with him, perhaps more, though it will take him a while to realize just how utterly lost he is. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExecuted with the cool smoky brilliance of a classic Miles Davis track, \u003ci\u003eIn Love\u003c\/i\u003e is an unequaled exploration of the tethered--and untethered--heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590176665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Alfred Hayes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935618535605,"sku":"9781590176665","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_18e0a308-ea2c-4b0f-8a00-af96de9e7128.jpg?v=1688490668","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-love-9781590176665","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}