{"product_id":"2940169293777","title":"Under the Wide and Starry Sky: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER ¿ \u003ci\u003eTODAY\u003c\/i\u003e SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK ¿ \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Nancy Horan, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLoving Frank,\u003c\/i\u003e comes her much-anticipated second novel, which tells the improbable love story of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his tempestuous American wife, Fanny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of thirty-five, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne has left her philandering husband in San Francisco to set sail for Belgium-with her three children and nanny in tow-to study art. It is a chance for this adventurous woman to start over, to make a better life for all of them, and to pursue her own desires.  Not long after her arrival, however, tragedy strikes, and Fanny and her children repair to a quiet artists' colony in France where she can recuperate. Emerging from a deep sorrow, she meets a lively Scot, Robert Louis Stevenson, ten years her junior, who falls instantly in love with the earthy, independent, and opinionated \"belle Americaine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFanny does not immediately take to the slender young lawyer who longs to devote his life to writing-and who would eventually pen such classics as \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e. In time, though, she succumbs to Stevenson's charms, and the two begin a fierce love affair-marked by intense joy and harrowing darkness-that spans the decades and the globe. The shared life of these two strong-willed individuals unfolds into an adventure as impassioned and unpredictable as any of Stevenson's own unforgettable tales.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150222999792,"sku":"2940169293777","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169293777_p0.jpg?v=1763773574","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169293777","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}