{"product_id":"diagrams-daniel-gervais-9798994776537","title":"Diagrams","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt twenty-three, \u003cstrong\u003eAntoine Venne\u003c\/strong\u003e knows only the farm his father left behind and the quiet rhythms of rural Quebec. He has buried every restless impulse beneath duty and soil. When his mother presses an envelope of savings into his hands and tells him to go see something that matters, he boards a plane to France carrying nothing but the uneasy suspicion that he wants too much.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA cathedral in Poitiers splits his life in two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is an awakening he cannot undo: art, desire, and a magnetic French woman named \u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra\u003c\/strong\u003e who teaches him that wanting does not require apology. But when grief arrives without warning, Antoine mistakes velocity for healing. The choices he makes in its shadow will cost him nearly everything-his marriage, his reputation, his work, and very nearly his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStructured as \u003cstrong\u003efive musical movements\u003c\/strong\u003e and weaving together \u003cstrong\u003epainting, cinema, and a four-note melody passed down through generations of mothers\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDiagrams\u003c\/em\u003e traces one man's descent and slow reconstruction after loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its heart lies a simple image: a \u003cstrong\u003eVenn diagram\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e One circle is the life you are living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The other is the life you wish to live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween them lies the distance we all carry, and what it takes to close it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Gervais\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994776537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Third Circle Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.36d","brand":"Daniel Gervais","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437877244159,"sku":"9798994776537","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_afaefa2a-fcb6-44a7-91df-f6429340a269.jpg?v=1777167378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/diagrams-daniel-gervais-9798994776537","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}