{"product_id":"9780062031952","title":"Frozen Music: A Novel","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy name is Esther Fisher and I'm just about to walk out on the only man I've ever loved. I'm thirty-four and a latecomer to love, which makes this all the harder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLinus and Esther haven't met, but they have known of each other all their lives. Their mothers are best friends who have maintained a lifelong, long-distance correspondence. Linus and Esther are strangers who know each other's names--until fate intervenes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn and raised in Sweden, Linus was a dreamy child. Now he is a talented, award-winning architect who's landed the job of a lifetime. He will oversee the construction of a grand opera house in England that he's designed. For Linus, perfect architecture is frozen music, and this project will be the culmination of his dreams. He arrives in England--and comes face-to-face with a reporter who is absolutely opposed to the opera house. Her name is Esther Fisher.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEsther--whom Linus had heard his mother describe as an \"inquisitive and serious child\"--is now a respected British journalist, using her pen to champion the defenseless. This includes an elderly couple about to lose their home to accommodate the new opera house that Linus has designed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheir professional antagonism sparks a passion neither can resist, yet a terrible secret remains between them, one that their mothers, in all their years of friendship, never revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaunting, heartbreaking, and laugh-out-loud funny, Frozen Music creates an absorbing world filled with memorable, lovable, unforgettable characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076686299376,"sku":"9780062031952","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062031952_p0.jpg?v=1763625584","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062031952","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}