{"product_id":"stars-and-bridges-avery-o-gray-9798199104081","title":"Stars and Bridges","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarco Vitori is very good at his job. He is less good at 3 p.m.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis daughter Maya has learned to wait - standing at the classroom window every afternoon, watching the car park, counting the minutes until he arrives. It isn't neglect. It's the mathematics of a man trying to do two people's work with one person's hours. Three years a widower, and his grief still shows up as a scheduling problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIvy Azzurra is a kindergarten teacher, and she notices things: the child who waits instead of plays, the emergency contact form with a blank line where a mother's name should be, the man who slips a notecard into his inside pocket and keeps it there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe arrangement is professional. The thermoses are logistical. The green block on the calendar is just a scheduling solution, and neither of them is going to examine any of it too closely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Ivy has disappeared into someone else's life before. She knows how easy it is to stop being a person and start being useful - to fold yourself into the shape of a family until there's no you left. The Vitoris are easy to fall into. That's exactly what frightens her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStars and Bridges\u003c\/i\u003e is a quiet, closed-door romance about grief, small routines, and the terrifying difference between being needed and being loved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Avery O. Gray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798199104081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Avery O. Gray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173749137663,"sku":"9798199104081","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stars-and-bridges-avery-o-gray-9798199104081","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}