{"product_id":"9781448200818","title":"Brief Encounter","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Alec Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1975, this story tells of how a chance meeting in a  café, a piece of grit delicately removed by a gentleman from a lady's  eye give birth to an affair... a brief yet unrelenting emotional  tug-of-war between two people whose spontaneous desire clashes head-on  with the 'facts' of their existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is Anna, married to Graham and happily content with her home life and two children. There is Alec, trapped in a loveless marriage to cool, uninvolved Melanie, looking to his work as a doctor for fulfillment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween them a flame is kindled that splendidly ignites a passion way beyond the well-constructed limits of their imaginations. Then comes the test. Can they transform their dream into a lasting love or must it founder on the hard rocks of reality? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/i\u003e is also a major film starring Sophia Loren and Richard Burton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781448200818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40597360902350,"sku":"9781448200818","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781448200818","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}