{"product_id":"isabelle-in-the-afternoon-pb-w2","title":"Douglas Kennedy: Isabelle in the Afternoon [2020] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A touching exploration of passion untested by domesticity' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore Isabelle I knew nothing of sex.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore Isabelle I knew nothing of freedom.\u003cbr\u003e Before Isabelle I knew nothing of life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Paris in the early Seventies. Sam, an American student, meets a woman in a bookshop. Isabelle is enigmatic, beautiful, older and, unlike Sam, experienced in love's many contradictions.  Sam is instantly smitten - but wary of the wedding ring on her finger. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What begins as a regular arrangement in Isabelle's tiny Parisian apartment transforms into a true affair of the heart, and one which lasts for decades to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIsabelle in the Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that questions what we seek, what we find, what we settle for - and shows how love, when not lived day in, day out, can become the passion of a lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Douglas Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The absolute master of love stories with heart-stopping twists' THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kennedy is skilled at zigzag plotting, blending domestic twists with turns created by global\u003cbr\u003e affairs' OBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kennedy, Douglas","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44211360235810,"sku":"9780099585237","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47745515225427,"sku":"XV80099585237","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/kennedy-douglas-douglas-kennedy-isabelle-in-the-afternoon-2020-paperback-54703548072275.jpg?v=1709209034","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/isabelle-in-the-afternoon-pb-w2","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}