{"product_id":"always-aud-torvingen-nicola-griffith-9780374539214","title":"Always (Aud Torvingen)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAud Torvingen returns--against her better instincts--scarred, heartbroken, changed, but tougher and rougher than ever. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAud Torvingen has never worried about violence. To her it is simply a tool, one of many, to be used, as appropriate, with dispassion, speed, and precision. In \u003ci\u003eAlways\u003c\/i\u003e, she takes on a new challenge: teaching a group of ordinary Atlanta women self-defense skills. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt doesn't matter how well trained you are, how big, how fast, how strong; there will \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ealways be someone out there bigger or faster or stronger. Always.\u003c\/i\u003e That's what Aud tells her students--but she never imagined the consequences of imparting that lesson, which shake her to the core. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo regroup, she travels to Seattle to meet her Norwegian diplomat mother and her mother's new husband. She's also there to handle what looks to be a run-of-the-mill fraud at one of her investment properties, currently being used as a movie set. Big money is in play, and it seems someone is sabotaging the production. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn intertwined Seattle and Atlanta narratives--seductive, and breathtakingly taut--Aud engages with the limits of self-reliance and faces the appalling--and appealing--prospect of allowing herself to need other people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicola Griffith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374539219\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374539214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Nicola Griffith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250429350143,"sku":"9780374539214","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92f095b0-7677-44d3-b6ea-56549a4859dc.jpg?v=1729600297","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/always-aud-torvingen-nicola-griffith-9780374539214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}