{"product_id":"stowaways-hardback","title":"Stowaways (Hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis contemporary twist on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBrief Encounter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a tender meditation on what might have been.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Maybe we love people because they won't let us know them.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA summer's evening in Manhattan. Nothing - not cold drinks, not showers not a stroll through the chilly aisles of an all-night drugstore - can undo the heat's hold on the city. Julian is half watching the evening news, his husband filling the dishwasher. That's when it arrives. An email with the subject line: 'From Paul Axel'. An email about a dead man from Carol - a woman Julian has never met. Paul has left a message he'd like her to relay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmails are exchanged. Morning coffee at the Bryant Park Grill is agreed. Carol, fulfilling Paul's final request, wonders how she will tell Julian of a life - and a love - he has no idea existed. A life, encased in a flash drive, containing multitudes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andre Aciman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61743295168842,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1037\/5256\/5066\/files\/81YjG4K-NzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1777642183","url":"https:\/\/mavisbookshop.com\/products\/stowaways-hardback","provider":"Mavis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}