{"product_id":"the-high-road-9780374538804","title":"The High Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove and tragedy converge in a seaside town in \u003ci\u003eThe High Road\u003c\/i\u003e, a newly reissued novel from Edna O'Brien, the author of \u003ci\u003eGirl\u003c\/i\u003e and \"one of the most celebrated writers in the English language\" (NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend Edition\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis richly peopled, compellingly readable novel explores the many lives of women--as mystic, mother, daughter, and lover. There is Iris, with her \"winsome wonsome\" ways, no longer young; there is Charlotte, a troubled debutante who has fled from society; and there is the narrator, Anna, who feels that her emotional life has folded until she meets a young Spanish girl named Catalina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in a seaside enclave on the Mediterranean coast, \u003ci\u003eThe High Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a passionate account of lost love and the return to loving, where currents of regret and loneliness clash with a fiery instinct for survival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdna O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e has written more than twenty works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Little Red Chairs, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Light of Evening\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGirl\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Femina spécial, the PEN\/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature, the Irish PEN Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Arts Club Medal of Honor, and the Ulysses Medal. Born and raised in the west of Ireland, she has lived in London for many years.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491699855634,"sku":"9780374538804","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1880fc4e-b4d1-4a7b-a1ea-19013bf71bf3.jpg?v=1730550548","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-high-road-9780374538804","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}