{"product_id":"2940169209396","title":"The Music Shop: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA love story and a journey through music, the exquisite and perfectly pitched new novel from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1988. On a dead-end street in a run-down suburb there is a music shop that stands small and brightly lit, jam-packed with records of every kind. Like a beacon, the shop attracts the lonely, the sleepless, and the adrift; Frank, the shop's owner, has a way of connecting his customers with just the piece of music they need. Then, one day, into his shop comes a beautiful young woman, Ilse Brauchmann, who asks Frank to teach her about music. Terrified of real closeness, Frank feels compelled to turn and run, yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems, and Frank has old wounds that threaten to reopen, as well as a past it seems he will never leave behind. Can a man who is so in tune with other people's needs be so incapable of connecting with the one person who might save him? The journey that these two quirky, wonderful characters make in order to overcome their emotional baggage speaks to the healing power of musicamp;mdash;and loveamp;mdash;in this poignant, ultimately joyful work of fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179620647152,"sku":"2940169209396","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169209396_p0.jpg?v=1763766591","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169209396","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}