{"product_id":"rhapsody-9781982104016","title":"Rhapsody","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"[A] shining rendition of Swift and Gershwin's star-crossed love.\" --Therese Anne Fowler, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the vein of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eLoving Frank\u003c\/i\u003e, this fascinating and compelling novel \"will have you humming, toe-tapping, and singing along with every turn of the page\" (Kate Quinn, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author) as it explores the decade-long relationship between the celebrated composer George Gershwin and gifted musician Katharine \"Kay\" Swift.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Katharine \"Kay\" Swift--the restless but loyal society wife of wealthy banker James Warburg and a serious pianist who longs for recognition--attends a performance of \u003ci\u003eRhapsody in Blue\u003c\/i\u003e by a brilliant, elusive young musical genius named George Gershwin, her world is turned upside down. Transfixed, she's helpless to resist the magnetic pull of George's talent, charm, and swagger. Their ten-year love affair, complicated by her conflicted loyalty to her husband and the twists and turns of her own musical career, ends only with George's death from a brain tumor at the age of thirty-eight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in Jazz Age New York City, this stunning work of fiction explores the timeless bond between two brilliant, strong-willed artists. George Gershwin left behind not just a body of work unmatched in popular musical history, but a woman who loved him with all her heart, knowing all the while that he belonged not to her, but to the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMitchell James Kaplan is the award-winning author of the novels \u003ci\u003eBy Fire, By Water \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eInto the Unbounded Night\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of Yale, he has lived in Paris and Los Angeles, and currently lives with his family in Roanoke, Virginia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482909479186,"sku":"9781982104016","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_88a25b42-d0fa-417a-ac00-99b84aba42a5.jpg?v=1730351849","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rhapsody-9781982104016","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}