{"product_id":"9781429939713","title":"The Woman Who Wouldn't","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe beloved actor and screenwriter's second novel, set in 1903, stars a young concert violinist named Jeremy Webb, who one day goes from accomplished adagios with the Cleveland Orchestra to having a complete breakdown on stage.  If he hadn't poured a glass of water down the throat of a tuba, maybe he wouldn't have been sent to a health resort in Badenweiler, Germany.  But it's in that serene place that Jeremy meets Clara Mulpas, whom he tries his hardest to seduce.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClara is so beautiful that Jeremy finds it impossible to keep from trying to find a chink in her extraordinary reserve and elegance.  He finds himself reflexively flirting to get a reaction—after all, a tease and a wink have always worked before, with women back home.  But flirting probably isn't the best way to appeal to a woman who was married to a dumb brute and doesn't want to have anything more to do with men. Jeremy isn't sure how to press his case—but he won't give up. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilder's prose is elegant, spare and affecting.  But it's his romantic's eye for the intense emotions that animate a real love story that makes \u003ci\u003eThe Woman Who Wouldn't\u003c\/i\u003e an unforgettable book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154113052912,"sku":"9781429939713","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429939713_p0.jpg?v=1769902233","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429939713","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}