{"product_id":"winter-journeys-audrey-driscoll-9781999424077","title":"Winter Journeys: a novel of music and memory","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinter Journeys is a story about the power of music and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1827, a year before his death, composer Franz Schubert wrote twenty-four songs that trace the physical and mental trajectory of a man who has parted from the young woman for whom he had romantic feelings. Wandering the winter countryside, he passes from sorrow to disillusion, anger, confusion, irony, loneliness, and a final surrender-to madness?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1987, Ilona Miller's final year at university, she is enchanted by a recorded voice singing those twenty-four songs. A misfit who has struggled to please and succeed, she becomes an explorer of uncontrolled emotions. When she meets a man who seems to embody the marvellous voice, she acts out her romantic imaginings, but her giddy joy soon spirals into chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2007, Ilona Miller is downsized from her office job. Instead of adjusting her attitude, upgrading her skills, and sending out resumes, she retreats into grief and paranoid imaginings. Her walks along streets and seashores awaken a long-suppressed alter ego and summon a parade of lost memories. Did the choices she made twenty years ago harm someone besides herself? Who is the man whose harmonica she hears at night? And where is she going now?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Audrey Driscoll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999424077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999424077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Audrey Driscoll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Audrey Driscoll","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801070350591,"sku":"9781999424077","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/winter-journeys-audrey-driscoll-9781999424077","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}