{"product_id":"three-light-years-9781250069313","title":"Three Light-Years","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA quietly devastating novel about the pain of hidden secrets and the cost of surrendered love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCecilia and Claudio are doctors at the same hospital. They eat lunch together, sharing conversation and confidences. Each is recovering from a relationship that has ended but is not yet over: she is a vulnerable, young woman with a complicated family situation and two small children; he continues to live in the same building with his senile mother and his ex-wife and her new family. Though they are drawn together magnetically, life has taught them to treat that attraction with suspicion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut a chance encounter with Cecilia's sister, Silvia, shifts the precarious balance of the relationship between the two doctors. Claudio begins to see the difficulties inherent in his approach toward life-his weary \"Why not?\" response, rather than indicating a hunger for life and experiences, is simply a default setting; saying no would require an energy and focus he lacks. And just when Cecilia comes to the realization that she loves Claudio and is ready to commit to a genuine relationship, fate steps in once again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn lucid, melancholy prose, elegantly rendered into English by Anne Milano Appel, Andrea Canobbio sketches a fable of love poisoned by indecision and ambivalence in \u003ci\u003eThree Light-Years, \u003c\/i\u003e laying bare the dangers of playing it safe when it comes to matters of the hear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250069313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Andrea Canobbio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648556560540,"sku":"9781250069313","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ce4792a9-fd86-4dbb-9808-447d1d121956.jpg?v=1603870370","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/three-light-years-9781250069313","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}