{"product_id":"9781582438665","title":"The Still Point: A Novel","description":"At the turn of the twentieth century, Arctic explorer Edward Mackley sets out to reach the North Pole and vanishes into the icy landscape without a trace. He leaves behind a young wife, Emily, who awaits his return for decades, her dreams and devotion gradually freezing into rigid widowhood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA hundred years later, on a sweltering mid-summer’s day, Edward’s great-grand-niece Julia moves through the old family house, attempting to impose some order on the clutter of inherited belongings and memories from that ill-fated expedition, and taking care to ignore the deepening cracks within her own marriage. But as afternoon turns into evening, Julia makes a discovery that splinters her long-held image of Edward and Emily’s romance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Still Point\u003c\/em\u003e slaloms through past, present, and future, with dreams revealing a universal simultaneity to the choices we must all make in the faces of love and passion. Long-listed for the Orange Prize, \u003cem\u003eThe Still Point\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful literary debut, masterfully told in the language of the heart.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137833648368,"sku":"9781582438665","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781582438665_p0.jpg?v=1763802101","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781582438665","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}