{"product_id":"verona-in-spring-charles-hugh-smith-9781438257907","title":"Verona In Spring","description":"Power comes in many forms: youth, desire, wealth, guilt, secrets and surprises. Verona Uyeki will experience them all.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe hated when he was late especially today. It's his pattern, Verona thought wearily; I can t change it. But I expect him to come when he says he will, and I can't change that, either.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eImpatiently twisting the curtain's white silk tassels around her forefinger, she stood at her bedroom window, watching the empty street below. A frustration made fierce by waiting flared up in her and she thought, I'm running out of time for this. After three sleepless nights, I need to talk to him today.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot completely sleepless, she reminded herself no need to over-dramatize the urgency. But Tobias always came on Monday; he'd never missed even once, and now it's Wednesday. Did he somehow sense the ultimatum awaiting him?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A line from Mimi's last letter came to her \"how did such a smart girl like you get in such a pickle?\" and she thought, you don't know the half of it. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Genet quote which she'd buried in her journal came to her, and its sweet-sour taste of exalted imprisonment struck her anew: \"Anyone who hasn't experienced the ecstasy of betrayal knows nothing about ecstasy at all.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Hugh Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438257902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438257907\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Charles Hugh Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48995736518911,"sku":"9781438257907","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/verona-in-spring-charles-hugh-smith-9781438257907","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}