{"product_id":"9781555847197","title":"The Scent of Your Breath","description":"Melissa P.'s fictionalized memoir, \u003ci\u003e100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed,\u003c\/i\u003e became an international literary phenomenon, selling over two million copies worldwide and inspiring profiles in \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as a warning from the pope. \u003ci\u003eThe Scent of Your Breath\u003c\/i\u003e, the second installment in her series of confessions, is a smoldering tale of obsessive love and destructive passion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelissa, desperate for love and willing to do anything to find it, is now a successful writer in Rome, living with her new lover, Thomas. But as soon as she meets Viola, a woman from Thomas's past, sexual passion and insecurity mount in tandem, and Melissa is consumed with jealousy. Written as a confessional letter to her mother, the story that follows is one of dark obsession, violent lust, and soul-destroying talent. Driven by Melissa's singular voice — that unique and compelling combination of impetuous naivete and poetic sophistication that has mesmerized readers in thirty-one countries — \u003ci\u003eThe Scent of Your Breath\u003c\/i\u003e blurs the boundaries between reality and fantasy and delves deep into the disturbing yet strangely familiar mind of a teenage girl terrorized by love.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132477456624,"sku":"9781555847197","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555847197_p0.jpg?v=1763757158","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555847197","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}