{"product_id":"falling-slowly-anita-brookner-9780375704246","title":"Falling Slowly","description":"In \u003cb\u003eFalling Slowly\u003c\/b\u003e, Anita Brookner brilliantly evokes the origins, nature, and consequences of human isolation. As middle age settles upon the Sharpe sisters, regret over chances not taken casts a shadow over their contented existence. Beatrice, a talented if uninspired pianist, gives up performing, a decision motivated by stiffening joints and the sudden realization that her art has never brought her someone to love. Miriam, usually calm and lucid, slides headlong into an affair with a charming, handsome--and very married--man. And as each woman awakens to the urgency of her loneliness, illness threatens to sever them both from the one happiness they have grown to count on: each other. Painfully wise, the Sharpe sisters embody the conflicting yearnings Jane Austen delineated in \u003cb\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anita Brookner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375704248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375704246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/23\/2000 pg. 32","brand":"Anita Brookner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995528528127,"sku":"9780375704246","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e6cf200-a4c8-4d22-b707-39408bdfe8a2.jpg?v=1683336326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/falling-slowly-anita-brookner-9780375704246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}