{"product_id":"hero-katie-buckley-9781668066706","title":"Hero: A Love Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eA captivating literary debut, this modern love story and myth-inspired novel is a \"fearless interrogation of female desire, anger, and loneliness\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) that takes place over seven days as a woman wrestles with a marriage proposal and what it means for her personal and creative freedom.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe's a waitress. He's a chef. They used to be best friends, but now...they're in love. She's also a selkie, a siren, Odysseus, Persephone, Helen of Troy, a Tudor queen, and a cowgirl called Quick Fingers. He's a really good man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he asks her to marry him, Hero panics. She may be a lot of things, but the one thing she doesn't want to be is anybody's wife. He gives her one week to decide, so to gather her thoughts, she begins to write him a letter. It is both the story of how they fell in love, and of who she is, and why marriage fills her with equal parts delight and terror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on a rich history of myth and legend, and yet unmistakably one of the moment, \u003ci\u003eHero\u003c\/i\u003e is a love story about what it means for women to be supporting characters in a world written by men. How can you be yourself when you are a product of other people's imaginations? How can you love another person and be free?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katie Buckley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 166806670X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781668066706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery\/Scout Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Katie Buckley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48446941135103,"sku":"9781668066706","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_64eee4bd-0849-4d2e-934e-bc826ba9e9ef.jpg?v=1777227749","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hero-katie-buckley-9781668066706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}