{"product_id":"the-love-season-9780312369699","title":"The Love Season","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to \u003ci\u003eThe Love Season\u003c\/i\u003e--a riveting story that takes place in one day and spans decades; a story that embraces the charming, pristine island of Nantucket, as well as Manhattan, Paris and Morocco. Elin Hilderbrand's most ambitious novel to date chronicles the famous couplings of real lives: love and friendship, food and wine, deception and betrayal--and forgiveness and healing.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a hot August Saturday on Nantucket Island. Over the course of the next 24 hours, two lives will be transformed forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarguerite Beale, former chef of culinary hot spot Les Parapluies, has been out of the public eye for over a decade. This all changes with a phone call from Marguerite's goddaughter, Renata Knox. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarguerite has not seen Renata since the death of Renata's mother, Candace Harris Knox, fourteen years earlier. And now that Renata is on Nantucket visiting the family of her new fianc�, she takes the opportunity, against her father's wishes, to contact Marguerite in hopes of learning the story of her mother's life--and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the events of the day spiral hopelessly out of control for both women, and nothing ends up as planned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElin Hilderbrand\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Island\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNantucket Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSummer People\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Bistro\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She grew up in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she was a teaching\/writing fellow. Her short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eSeventeen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Massachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Colorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives with her husband, Chip Cunningham, and their two sons in Nantucket, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613024915730,"sku":"9780312369699","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_31bf9c3c-24cc-411c-b1ee-4fa8ba359db7.jpg?v=1748517858","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-love-season-9780312369699","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}