{"product_id":"stowaways-by-andre-aciman","title":"Stowaways by André Aciman","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis contemporary twist on Brief Encounter is a tender meditation on what might have been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Maybe we love people because they won't let us know them.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA summer's evening in Manhattan. Nothing - not cold drinks, not showers not a stroll through the chilly aisles of an all-night drugstore - can undo the heat's hold on the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJulian is half watching the evening news, his husband filling the dishwasher. That's when it arrives. An email with the subject line: 'From Paul Axel'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn email about a dead man from Carol - a woman Julian has never met. Paul has left a message he'd like her to relay. Emails are exchanged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMorning coffee at the Bryant Park Grill is agreed. Carol, fulfilling Paul's final request, wonders how she will tell Julian of a life - and a love - he has no idea existed. A life, encased in a flash drive, containing multitudes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winding Stair Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56742784041308,"sku":null,"price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0272\/0691\/0035\/files\/9780571399925.jpg?v=1771247447","url":"https:\/\/winding-stair-bookshop.myshopify.com\/products\/stowaways-by-andre-aciman","provider":"Winding Stair Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}