{"product_id":"lifelonging-michael-spinney-9798683532123","title":"Lifelonging: An Exciting Journey and an Intimate Examination of Love, Hate and Loss","description":"\u003cp\u003eLIFELONGING is a fast-paced novel with a narrative where destructive forces threaten the lives of numerous people. At the centre are Thom and Ariadne searching for one another and a destructive truth that makes their world increasingly turbulent and dangerous. From the heat of the Libyan desert to Oxford on a chilly autumnal evening, and culminating in Crete, the action see-saws between romance and tragedy, intimacy and exploitation, murder, hope and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopical and contemporary, the story has at its centre, violence, malevolence, greed, murder, rivalry, and people-trafficking. In opposition are love and hope, all set against the backdrop of the search for the modern Holy Grail, a drug that prolongs human life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheseus' struggle with the Minotaur in Homer's labyrinth thousands of years ago has its modern parallel in LIFELONGING and a quest that unlocks terrifying consequences driven by dark human desires. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt its core LIFELONGING is a poignantly personal novel that arouses numerous emotions in the reader; an exciting journey and an intimate examination of love, hate and loss, a saga that draws in the reader from the start.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Spinney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798683532123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.51d","brand":"Michael Spinney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851898073343,"sku":"9798683532123","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lifelonging-michael-spinney-9798683532123","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}