{"product_id":"midnight-champagne-9780380729753","title":"Midnight Champagne","description":"\u003cp\u003eApril Liesgang and Caleb Shannon have known each other for just three short months, so their Valentine's Day wedding at a chapel near the shores of Lake Michigan has both families in an uproar. As the festivities unfold (and the cash bar opens), everyone has an opinion and a lively prediction about April and Caleb's union, each the reflection of a different marital experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, at the nearby Hideaway Lodge, a domestic quarrel ends in tragedy. As April and Caleb's life together begins, death parts another man and woman in angry violence--and as the two stories gradually intersect, their juxtaposition explores the tangled roots of vulnerability and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time the last polka has been danced and the bouquet tossed, \u003cem\u003eMidnight Champagne\u003c\/em\u003e has cast an extraordinary spell. From the novel's opening epigraph from Chekhov--\"If you fear loneliness, then marriage is not for you\"--to its final moments in the honeymoon suite, A. Manette Ansay weaves tenderness and fury, passion and wonder into a startling tapestry of love in all its paradox and power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780380729753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.25w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Great Lakes Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/02\/2000 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"A. Manette Ansay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52982975496373,"sku":"9780380729753","price":11.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9780380729753.jpg?v=1787062730","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/midnight-champagne-9780380729753","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}