{"product_id":"my-sister-and-other-lovers-9780063434479","title":"My Sister and Other Lovers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stirring novel from the author of \u003cem\u003eI Couldn't Love You More\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHideous Kinky\u003c\/em\u003e: the story of two sisters who couldn't be more different and the great love that holds them together throughout a tumultuous youth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor as long as Lucy can remember, she's been caught between love for her rootless mother and devotion to her fierce and exacting sister, Bea. From their peripatetic childhood to their restless teenage years--hitching through rural Ireland, the move to a communal house--she's been forced to make a choice between these two very different ways of approaching life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as the girls come of age and embark on their own experiments--in love, drugs, work, motherhood--Bea is at risk of drifting further and further away. Can their loyalty to each other transcend the damages of a past that feels almost too dangerous to examine?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith scalpel-sharp insight, Esther Freud excavates the most intimate relationships of our lives, laying bare the fear and longing, the secrets and mistrust. \u003cem\u003eMy Sister and Other Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e is an irresistible exploration of love, family, and freedom in all its forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFreud, Esther:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEsther Freud\u003c\/strong\u003e trained as an actresss before writing her first novel, \u003cem\u003eHideous Kinky\u003c\/em\u003e, which was short-listed for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and made into a film starring Kate Winslet. After publishing her second novel, \u003cem\u003ePeerless Flats\u003c\/em\u003e, she was chosen as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. Her other books include \u003cem\u003eThe Sea House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLucky Break\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMr Mac and Me\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eI Couldn't Love You More\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552926105874,"sku":"9780063434479","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a566e24f-a8c4-4dc8-87da-68690ad60540.jpg?v=1754913256","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-sister-and-other-lovers-9780063434479","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}