{"product_id":"the-third-love-hiromi-kawakami-9781593768379","title":"The Third Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eA time-bending story of love, desire, and destiny that sways between Japan's past and its present--from a courtesan of Yoshiwara in Edo to a serving lady of the Heian period to a wife and mother in the twenty-first century--by one of our most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship soured by infidelity. One day, she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual escape: he teaches her the trick of living inside her dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, each night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan in the seventeenth century, and then as a serving lady to a princess in the late Middle Ages. As she experiences desire and heartbreak in the past, so Riko comes to reconsider her life as a twenty-first-century woman--as a wife, as a mother, and as a lover--and to ask herself whether, after loving her husband and loving Mr Takaoka, she is ready for her third great love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hiromi Kawakami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593768370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593768379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Hiromi Kawakami","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997541380351,"sku":"9781593768379","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-third-love-hiromi-kawakami-9781593768379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}