{"product_id":"9780062423276","title":"Conrad \u0026 Eleanor : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eConrad \u0026amp; Eleanor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Jane Rogers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the multi-award-winning and critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Testament of Jessie Lamb\u003c\/em\u003e comes this riveting novel about the devastating secrets revealed in the midst of a disintegrating marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of a marriage, and of two lives in science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Conrad fails to return from a conference, Eleanor wonders if it is because of the affair she is having? Or perhaps it is because his research into transgenic monkey hearts is stalling; perhaps he is sick of having the less successful career of the two of them?  She is a leading expert in stem cell research. Their grown-up children suspect Eleanor of murdering their father; El secretly fears that what has driven Con away is his discovery of their daughter Cara’s parentage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile his family in Manchester, England, scrabble for clues and reasons, Conrad—alone, confused, and on the run from a crazed animal rights activist—loses himself in the cold foggy streets of Bologna. He revisits the stages of his long marriage to El, from the happiness of the year of Cara’s birth to the grief and anger he now feels. Both partners are forced to re-examine their relationship, and, in the process, to move closer to an understanding of what it is that matters most to each of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConrad and Eleanor\u003c\/em\u003e is a radical, remarkably nuanced look at marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“The thriller plot does its job by making the slow-burn conflicts of their marriage flare up dramatically…It also adds a kind of Roth-like energy and unpredictability to Rogers’s very English virtues as a writer: a sharp eye, a good ear and a strong sense of the nuances of class.”\u003cbr\u003e“An extraordinary novel…about the unraveling of a marriage. Rogers writes with delicacy and insight about the death throes of a long relationship…This is a dissection of a relationship that cuts to the bone.”\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliantly done—a sustained exploration of the polarities at the enduring heart of love…In its every cell this remarkable novel reproduces the dialectic of a long marriage.”\u003cbr\u003e“A really clever, reflective and dispassionate scrutiny of a marriage in trouble.”\u003cbr\u003e“A nuanced, pragmatic look at the long-married state…The novel’s strengths are the author’s intelligence, her avoidance of sentimentality, and the honest scrutiny she brings to bear on how intimate adult relationships age and settle.”\u003cbr\u003e“Rogers deftly explores the complexity of a long marriage between two complicated individuals in this smart, insightful outing.”\u003cbr\u003e“Her observation of our species is tender, precise, illuminating.”\u003cbr\u003e“Warm, wise, insightful, sharply observed and beautifully written.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062423276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41085043704014,"sku":"9780062423276","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062423276.jpg?v=1648869990","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062423276","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}