{"product_id":"9780006485445","title":"In The Language Of Love","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIn The Language Of Love\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Diane Schoemperlen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated for a SmithBooks\/\u003cem\u003eBooks in Canada\u003c\/em\u003e First Novel Award, selected by Toronto Star critic Philip Marchand as one of the year’s ten best novels, and the recipient of excellent reviews,\u003cem\u003e In the Language of Love\u003c\/em\u003e is Diane Schoemperlen’s innovative and imaginative first novel. Schoemperlen, who won the 1999 Governor General’s Award for Fiction for her short story collection \u003cem\u003eForms of Devotion,\u003c\/em\u003e is a gifted writer, unafraid to play with literary convention.\u003cem\u003e In the Language of Love\u003c\/em\u003e is a perfect example, a novel in 100 chapters that uses the 100 stimulus words from the Standard Word Association as a framework. It is the story of Joanna, who has been brought up to believe that if she just does the right thing, happiness will be hers. As she discovers, life and love are determined more by chance than by control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn the Language of Love\u003c\/em\u003e is a tour de force of deadpan wit and word play, drawing profound insights from the seemingly ordinary details of one woman’s daily life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780006485445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Phyllis Bruce Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41087070863566,"sku":"9780006485445","price":15.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780006485445","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}