{"product_id":"2940170716302","title":"Sweet Ruin","description":"Since editing the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Bitch in the House\u003c\/i\u003e, Cathi Hanauer has become the unofficial spokeswoman for the contemporary married woman.  Now, in \u003ci\u003eSweet Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e, she gives us a story of marital crisis and sexual tension featuring a character close to her heart-and recognizable to us all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty-seven-year-old Elayna Leopold used to be a New York magazine editor, until she and her young family moved to suburban New Jersey.  Two years ago, the death of an infant son sent her into a deep depression-a darkness that begins to lift in the company of a handsome, unattached neighbor.  As she fights yearnings that could destroy everything that gives her life shape, a threat to her young daughter's welfare emerges from an unlikely source, throwing Elayna's questionable morality into stark relief-and forcing her to make choices she never dreamed she would have to make.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSmart and gripping, Elayna's story raises heartrendering questions about the challenges of ordinary life-marriage, career, independence, and sexuality-that have no easy answers.  \u003ci\u003eSweet Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumph of contemporary fiction from a writer known for her candor and wisdom.","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105119650032,"sku":"2940170716302","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170716302_p0.jpg?v=1763815125","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170716302","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}