{"product_id":"the-four-corners-of-the-heart-an-unfinished-novel-9781542025874","title":"The Four Corners of the Heart: An Unfinished Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/i\u003e comes the surprise publication of a novel she never finished--and a story that evokes her greatest works.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench literary star Françoise Sagan was just eighteen when she published her first bestseller, \u003ci\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1954. Decades later, this short novel surfaced: an unfinished manuscript that wittily dissects the romantic lives of its bourgeois characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe glamorous Marie-Laure never expected her wealthy older husband to survive a devastating car accident that left him in a fragile mental and physical condition. But three years later, Ludovic Cresson returns home to the family estate and finds himself in the throes of a tumultuous marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverseeing this tense dynamic is Henri, the patriarch, who wants to see his son recover but detests various members of his own family. When Marie-Laure's mother visits the estate, the family equilibrium falters spectacularly. As Ludovic's virility returns, he cannot resist the charms of his mother-in-law--and neither can his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story ends abruptly, but it offers a vivid, if open ended, look into some of Sagan's final undiscovered characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon Crossing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781542025874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174","brand":"Fran\u0026#231;oise Sagan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42851443998901,"sku":"9781542025874","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6b292377-32e1-4f4e-9004-a3359c067ee4.jpg?v=1682484514","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-four-corners-of-the-heart-an-unfinished-novel-9781542025874","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}