{"product_id":"interpretations-of-love","title":"Interpretations of Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eA profound\u003cbr\u003edebut novel that explores complicated love, secrets, and familial\u003cbr\u003emisunderstandings from the celebrated octogenarian author of the\u003cbr\u003e\"trail-blazing\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) collection \u003ci\u003eCat Brushing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIt's the week\u003cbr\u003eof Dr. Agnes Stacey's only daughter's wedding, and each of the eleven attendees\u003cbr\u003eof the small family gathering is bringing their own simmering tensions to the\u003cbr\u003eevent. Agnes' uncle, Professor Malcolm\u003cbr\u003eMiller, has harbored a family secret since her parents - his sister and brother\u003cbr\u003ein law - died in a car crash when she was a young girl. Dr. Joseph Bradshaw, \u003cbr\u003ewho distantly married into the family, has nursed a secret obsession with Agnes\u003cbr\u003esince his brief stint as her therapist. Agnes herself will be returning to her\u003cbr\u003eex-husband's home for the first time, just as she's trying to extricate herself\u003cbr\u003efrom a potent love affair. Each of them\u003cbr\u003ehas the tools to analyze the love lives of others, yet find themselves unable to\u003cbr\u003erecognize the love in their own lives. And though they've each muddled through\u003cbr\u003epainful years in emotional isolation, only Malcolm knows that the origins of\u003cbr\u003etheir thwarted attachments all lie in the same English seaside town. Where\u003cbr\u003ebetter to lay bare the failures and secrets of one's advancing age than at an\u003cbr\u003eintimate celebration of love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this incisive\u003cbr\u003eand involving debut novel, Campbell parses the fraught inner lives of ordinary\u003cbr\u003epeople doing their best to process the aftershocks of war, the parenting they\u003cbr\u003edo and don't receive, and the many different forms love can take in one family. \r","brand":"Jane Campbell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44455898579180,"sku":"9780802162885","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780802162885.jpg?v=1709489740","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/interpretations-of-love","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}