{"product_id":"the-allegra-series-barbara-lambert-9780888783998","title":"The Allegra Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeaving finely spun filaments of the lyric and mythic, Barbara Lambert creates a vivid tapestry of a year in the life of Vancouver's Allegra Schliemann, a middle-aged woman in the throes of a knotty love affair with a married man, a newly-crafted career as an artisan and a battle against a debilitating disease. Unable to see her way clear of the emotional clutter these changes wreak, Allegra hires would-be artist Brad Lindhall to fashion her a mirrored wall, praying it will bring light and clarity into the encroaching dusk of her own life. Meanwhile, in Toronto, Brad's estranged wife Mona researches a work known as A Brief History of Cloth and Clay for an upcoming installation, her voice reaching into the past and across the country. In this brilliant recasting of a traditional love triangle, three artists find their way into the heart of genius, and of darkness, emerging strangely and irrevocably intertwined. Like her many mythological predecessors -- Philomela, Ariadne and Athena -- Allegra encircles lovers, entraps enemies and unfurls in the face of adversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Lambert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 088878399X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780888783998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.98w x 0.57d","brand":"Barbara Lambert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435714392319,"sku":"9780888783998","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6ddd9920-b987-4380-b773-9d453c022301.jpg?v=1777152216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-allegra-series-barbara-lambert-9780888783998","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}