{"product_id":"9780451490636","title":"The Lost Carousel of Provence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn artist lost to history, a family abandoned to its secrets, and the woman whose search for meaning unearths it all in a sweeping and expressive story from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLetters from Paris\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresent day, San Francisco.\u003c\/b\u003e During her free time, professional photographer Cady Drake shoots local carousels, a hobby inspired by a gift that transformed her childhood: a wooden rabbit supposedly created by master French carver Gustave Bayol a century ago. And when she's offered a freelance assignment for a book on the antique merry-go-rounds of Paris, Cady can't refuse the opportunity to visit the famous carousels for the first time....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1900s, France.\u003c\/b\u003e In a small town outside of Avignon, a husband and young wife struggle to keep up their ancestral chateau—and start the family they so desperately desire. For the children they hope to have, the Clements hire the famous Bayol to build a carousel, but as the carver and his apprentice work on the beautiful and whimsical creation, fate will entwine them all in unseen ways—for generations to come...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresent day, Provence.\u003c\/b\u003e As Cady's research leads her to the dilapidated Chateau Clement and its fabled carousel that was lost to the ravages of World War II, she will uncover a shocking truth in a set of one-hundred-year-old photographs that could guide her in reuniting a family torn apart by petty jealousies over several generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47017665691888,"sku":"9780451490636","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780451490636_p0.jpg?v=1763705450","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780451490636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}