{"product_id":"2940170272327","title":"Lifelines: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's 1971 when Louise leaves Oregon for Düsseldorf, a city grappling with its nation's horrific recent history, to study art. Soon she's embroiled in a scene dramatically different from the one at home, thanks in large part to Dieter, a mercurial musician. Their romance ignites quickly, but life gets in the way: an unplanned pregnancy, hasty marriage, the tense balance of their creative ambitions, and - finally, fatally - a family secret that shatters Dieter, and drives Louise home.  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBut in 2008 she's headed to Dieter's mother's funeral. She never returned to Germany, and has since remarried, had another daughter, and built a life in Oregon. As she flies into the heart of her past, she reckons with the choices she made, and the ones she didn't, just as her family - current and former - must consider how Louise's life has shaped their own, for better and for worse. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eExquisitely balanced, expansive yet wonderfully intimate, \u003ci\u003eLifelines \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the indelible ties of family; the shape art, history, and nationality give to our lives; and the ways in which we are forever evolving, with each step we take, with each turn of the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HighBridge Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115121098992,"sku":"2940170272327","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170272327_p0.jpg?v=1763706793","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170272327","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}