{"product_id":"9781551996998","title":"Love and Salt Water","description":"Ellen Guppy is the reluctant heroine of Ethel Wilson’s final novel, \u003ci\u003eLove and Salt Water\u003c\/i\u003e. Saddened by a painful childhood, Ellen has adopted a skeptical independence and learned too well to hold her heart in reserve. But, as the novel unfolds, Ellen undergoes something of a sea-change; learning to accept love along with the sorrow that is rarely far from love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1956, \u003ci\u003eLove and Salt Water\u003c\/i\u003e is a mature and, at times, disturbing synthesis of Ethel Wilson’s major themes: the independence of human lives, the strange alchemy of chance, and the healing illumination of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Paperback edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128420188400,"sku":"9781551996998","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781551996998_p0.jpg?v=1763753366","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781551996998","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}