{"product_id":"9781504035316","title":"The Long View","description":"\u003cb\u003eJourneying backward in time—from 1950 to 1926—this masterpiece of women’s literary fiction presents an indelible portrait of a marriage \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Forty-three-year-old Antonia Fleming is preparing a dinner party for eight at the house in Campden Hill Square she shares with her husband, Conrad. The occasion is the engagement of their son, Julian. Their other child, Deirdre, hates her father and resents her mother—a reality Conrad ponders, along with the disastrous state of Deirdre’s single life, as he leaves the bed of his current mistress.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In illuminating the quotidian details of domestic life, \u003ci\u003eThe Long View\u003c\/i\u003e perfectly captures a long relationship, with its moments of joy and intimacy, loneliness and regret, and of the roads not taken. As the story moves backward in time, we learn about the events that led up to Conrad and Antonia’s fateful first meeting—including a startling secret in Antonia’s past.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With brilliant use of reverse chronology, the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles paints a realistic and revealing portrait of a marriage and the decisions, good and bad, right and wrong, that shape lives.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171827630320,"sku":"9781504035316","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504035316_p0.jpg?v=1769897350","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504035316","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}