{"product_id":"the-heart-note-vanessa-mccausland-9780593799970","title":"The Heart Note","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA novel of scent memory, the secrets mothers hold close to their hearts, and the daughters who uncover them.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA mysterious confession leads one woman to Grasse, France, the perfume capital of the world, where she uncovers a deep-rooted secret that reverberates across decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2022: \u003c\/b\u003e Eva never thought her life would look like this. She has lost her sense of smell after being ill, is losing her marriage, and her mother, Lily, is being moved into a care home as her Parkinson's worsens. In the midst of a dissociated dementia state, her mother reveals that she wouldn't want Eva to \"\u003ci\u003efind out what I did\u003c\/i\u003e\" twenty years ago when the pair traveled together in Grasse, and Eva takes it as a sign: she must go to France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e1532: \u003c\/b\u003e Heli is the daughter of the most renowned glove maker in Grasse. She has an affinity for flowers, but washing leather in the canals leaves her ashamed of her stained hands and the stink of her skin. She longs for her mother, who makes intoxicating vapors and tinctures, to share her craft. When she decides to create a concoction of her own, she creates an invention that will change the town, as well as the history of perfume, and have echoes far into the future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e2001: \u003c\/b\u003e Eva is in her early twenties, traveling in the south of France with her mother. The two couldn't be more different. Eva is fiercely independent and imagines a big, creative life for herself. Lily is stuck in the role of \"mother\" and \"wife.\" When Eva takes off after a tense argument, leaving Lily alone in Grasse, Lily finds herself creating perfume and at a chateau with a cast of characters, among them a handsome widower. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree women, each at a crossroads, collide in this beautiful, delicate historical novel. Based on the author's research and reimagining of the history of French perfume, it's a captivating look at the role scent plays in memory and the complexity of mother-daughter relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanessa McCausland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593799976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593799970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.75d","brand":"Vanessa McCausland","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623605580031,"sku":"9780593799970","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-heart-note-vanessa-mccausland-9780593799970","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}