{"product_id":"9780374538804","title":"The High Road : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe High Road\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Edna O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove and tragedy converge in a seaside town in \u003ci\u003eThe High Road\u003c\/i\u003e, a newly reissued novel from Edna O’Brien, the author of \u003ci\u003eGirl\u003c\/i\u003e and “one of the most celebrated writers in the English language” (NPR’s \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis richly peopled, compellingly readable novel explores the many lives of women—as mystic, mother, daughter, and lover. There is Iris, with her “winsome wonsome” ways, no longer young; there is Charlotte, a troubled debutante who has fled from society; and there is the narrator, Anna, who feels that her emotional life has folded until she meets a young Spanish girl named Catalina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in a seaside enclave on the Mediterranean coast, \u003ci\u003eThe High Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate account of lost love and the return to loving, where currents of regret and loneliness clash with a fiery instinct for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374538804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40706817065166,"sku":"9780374538804","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_bf912748-2761-4afe-a77a-4a17a612f669.jpg?v=1640579264","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374538804","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}