{"product_id":"2940169911893","title":"Heart of the City: Nine Stories of Love and Serendipity on the Streets of New York","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe handsome Texas sailor who offers dinner to a runaway in Central Park. The Midwestern college girl who stops a cop in Times Square for restaurant advice. The Brooklyn man on a midnight subway who helps a weary tourist find her way to Chinatown. The Columbia University graduate student who encounters an unexpected object of beauty at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA public place in the world¿s greatest city. A chance meeting of strangers. A marriage. \u003cem\u003eHeart of the City \u003c\/em\u003etells the remarkable true stories of nine ordinary couples¿from the 1940s to the present¿whose matchmaker was the city of New York.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntrigued by the romance of his own parents, who met in Washington Square Park, award-winning author Ariel Sabar set off on a far-ranging search for other couples who married after first meeting in one of New York City¿s iconic public spaces. Sabar conjures their big-city love stories in novel-like detail, drawing us into the hearts of strangers just as their lives are about to change forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn setting the stage for these surprising, funny, and moving tales, Sabar, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, offers a fascinating look at the role of place in how¿and whether¿people meet and fall in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blackstone Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114816028912,"sku":"2940169911893","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169911893_p0.jpg?v=1769903058","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169911893","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}