{"product_id":"two-hours-9781999798147","title":"Two Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Someone rang my husband. Your wife is not well, the person said. Your wife is not well.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Clara's parents transplant her from Paris to New York at the age of sixteen, a fleeting encounter with a young man seems, for a brief period, to open up new possibilities. As she strives to fulfil her vocation as a writer, and as she struggles in later years with the cumulative constraints of an unhappy marriage, Clara's imagination is strangely haunted by a life that might have been. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracing Clara's story from her adolescence to her experience of motherhood, and then through to a pivotal bid for freedom, \u003ci\u003eTwo Hours\u003c\/i\u003e is an exceptional novel. Witty, perceptive, and profoundly humane, this is the work of a writer at the height of her powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlba Arikha is a novelist, poet, and musician. Her books include \u003ci\u003eWhere to Find Me\u003c\/i\u003e (longlisted for the 2020 Wingate Prize) and the acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eMajor\/Minor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Eris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628999807250,"sku":"9781999798147","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5abff5dd-6fcd-485f-9994-3a7bfd00af6b.jpg?v=1732715836","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/two-hours-9781999798147","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}