{"product_id":"mercury-9780062437518","title":"Mercury","description":"\u003cp\u003eDonald believes he knows all there is to know about seeing. An optometrist in suburban Boston, he is sure that he and his wife, Viv, who runs the local stables, are both devoted to their two children and to each other. Then Mercury--a gorgeous young Thoroughbred with a murky past--arrives at Windy Hill and their world changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone at the stables is struck by Mercury's beauty and prowess, particularly Viv. As she rides him, she begins to dream of competing again, reigniting the ambitions that she pursued, and reluctantly relinquished, as a young woman. Her daydreams soon morph into consuming desire, and her infatuation with the Thoroughbred escalates to obsession.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald may have 20\/20 vision, but he is slow to notice how profoundly Viv has changed. By the time he does, it is too late to stop the catastrophic collision of Viv's ambitions and his own myopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLivesey, Margot:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMargot Livesey\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Flight of Gemma Hardy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe House on Fortune Street\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBanishing Verona\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEva Moves the Furniture\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Missing World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCriminals\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eHomework\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, and she is the recipient of grants from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. \u003cem\u003eThe House on Fortune Street \u003c\/em\u003ewon the 2009 L. L. Winship\/PEN New England Award. Born in Scotland, Livesey currently lives in the Boston area and is a professor of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491466973458,"sku":"9780062437518","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ae2e660-dbc3-477f-9069-5dfa68cb6bc3.jpg?v=1730541346","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mercury-9780062437518","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}