{"product_id":"pain-9781590510926","title":"Pain","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Zeruya Shalev is one of my favorite contemporary writers, her work always spiky and original, and \u003ci\u003ePain\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing book, a wild and ravenous story of family entanglement and impossible yearning.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful, astute novel that exposes how old passions can return, testing our capacity to make choices about what is most essential in life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen years after she was seriously injured in a terrorist attack, the pain comes back to torment Iris. But that is not all: Eitan, the love of her youth, also comes back into her life. Though their relationship ended many years ago, she was more deeply wounded when he left her than by the suicide bomber who blew himself up next to her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIris's marriage is stagnant. Her two children have grown up and are almost independent; she herself has become a dedicated, successful school principal. Now, after years without passion and joy, Eitan brings them back into her life. But she must concoct all sorts of lies to conceal her affair from her family, and the lies become more and more complicated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs this an impossible predicament, or on the contrary a scintillating revelation of the many ways life's twists and turns can bring us to a place we would never have expected to be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590510926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019 pg. 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2019 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zeruya Shalev","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42935619027125,"sku":"9781590510926","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3a271565-acdf-408b-b8c5-7760f5e4fd8d.jpg?v=1688490678","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pain-9781590510926","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}