{"product_id":"2940169212556","title":"The Book of Dreams: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWarm, wise, and magical amp;mdash; the latest novel by the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Little Paris Bookshop\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Little French Bistro\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing exploration of the thresholds between life and death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenri Skinner is a hardened ex-war reporter on the run from his past. On his way to see his son, Sam, for the first time in years, Henri steps into the road without looking and collides with oncoming traffic. He is rushed to a nearby hospital, where he floats, comatose, between dreams, reliving the fairy tales of his childhood and the secrets that made him run away in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the accident, Sam amp;mdash; a 13-year-old synesthete with an IQ of 144 and an appetite for science fiction amp;mdash; waits by his father¿s bedside every day. There, he meets Eddie Tomlin, a woman forced to confront her love for Henri after all these years, and 12-year-old Madelyn Zeidler, a coma patient like Henri and the sole survivor of a traffic accident that killed her family. As these four very different individuals fight amp;mdash; for hope, for patience, for life amp;mdash; they are bound together inextricably, facing the ravages of loss and first love side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revelatory, urgently human story that examines what we consider serious and painful alongside light and whimsy, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender meditation on memory, liminality, and empathy, asking with grace and gravitas what we will truly find meaningful in our lives once we are gone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161498665200,"sku":"2940169212556","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169212556_p0.jpg?v=1763767478","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169212556","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}