{"product_id":"an-ocean-without-a-shore-9780062851642","title":"An Ocean Without a Shore","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA wildly entertaining and occasionally heartbreaking story of frustrated longing, and the lengths we will go for those we love--even if they don't love us in return\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cem\u003eOcean Without a Shore\u003c\/em\u003e, from the bestselling, critically acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eEndless Love\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMan in the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e, is a beautifully rendered exploration of that most timeless of human dilemmas: the one in which your love is left unreturned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince their college days, Kip Woods has been infatuated with Thaddeus Kaufman, who, years later, is a married father of two children and desperately trying to revive a failing career. Kip's devotion to Thaddeus has been life-defining and destiny-altering, but it has been one that Thaddeus has either failed to notice or refused to acknowledge. But over the course of this heated and mesmerizing novel, set against a background of privilege and affluence in Manhattan and the Hudson Valley, Kip will be forced to reckon with the prison of his own making and decide how much he is willing to sacrifice for a love that may never be shared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicking up where his most recent novel, \u003cem\u003eRiver Under the Road\u003c\/em\u003e, left off, but writing squarely in the vein of \u003cem\u003eEndless Love\u003c\/em\u003e, his classic novel of passion and obsession, Scott Spencer gives us an intimate, immersive, and unsettling portrait of the devastation we will wreak in the name of love, and the bitterness of a friendship ravaged by fathomless yearning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpencer, Scott:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScott Spencer\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of twelve novels, including \u003cem\u003eEndless Love\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWaking the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Ship Made of Paper\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWilling\u003c\/em\u003e. He has taught at Columbia University, the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Williams College, the University of Virginia, and at Eastern Correctional Facility as part of the Bard Prison Initiative. He lives in upstate New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359229378834,"sku":"9780062851642","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4f0f4e8f-0118-4bec-bad9-a3c76d0f7a54.jpg?v=1749585498","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/an-ocean-without-a-shore-9780062851642","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}