{"product_id":"the-third-love-hardcover","title":"The Third Love - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA time-bending story of love, desire, and destiny that sways between Japan's past and its present--from a courtesan of Yoshiwara in Edo to a serving lady of the Heian period to a wife and mother in the twenty-first century--by one of our most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship soured by infidelity. One day, she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual escape: he teaches her the trick of living inside her dreams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, each night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan in the seventeenth century, and then as a serving lady to a princess in the late Middle Ages. As she experiences desire and heartbreak in the past, so Riko comes to reconsider her life as a twenty-first-century woman--as a wife, as a mother, and as a lover--and to ask herself whether, after loving her husband and loving Mr Takaoka, she is ready for her third great love.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102541189343,"sku":"9781593768058","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BDUn5JNalQ9781593768058.webp?v=1781083452","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-third-love-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}