{"product_id":"love-in-the-asylum-perennial-9780060937430","title":"Love in the Asylum (Perennial)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom an author whose work has been called 'haunted and joyous and heartbreaking all at once' (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post Book World)\u003c\/em\u003e comes an unforgettable novel of two lost souls who find love and salvation against all odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Can love save those who believe they are beyond redemption? In and out of a swank north-eastern rehab centre more than a dozen times in ten years, Alba Elliot, a 25-year-old children's book writer and manic-depressive, believes she is a hopeless case. But an unlikely relationship with Oscar, a 30-year-old drug addict whose 'recreation' has cost him everything, and a century-old story hidden in the institution's library bring about changes that Alba could never have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Brought together by fate, influenced by forces as beautiful and powerful as they are unforeseen, Alba and Oscar will slowly rise from the ashes of despair and self-destruction and, in the midst of righting an old wrong, begin to heal their battered spirits. A beautifully crafted, heartfelt tale of tragedy and triumph, Lisa Carey's moving third novel is a testament to the surprising resilience of the human heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarey, Lisa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLisa Carey is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Mermaids Singing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIn the Country of the Young\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLove in the Asylum\u003c\/em\u003e. She lived in Ireland for five years and now resides in Portland, Maine, with her husband and their son.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872426332434,"sku":"9780060937430","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_14af3eed-7143-4e16-82f1-a40006720606.jpg?v=1737897172","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/love-in-the-asylum-perennial-9780060937430","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}