{"product_id":"9781785071881","title":"then let the barrier fall","description":"Danielle, young, naïve and idealistic, embarks on her career as an actress, seeking the passion and fulfillment of both love and art, and is inexorably drawn to great drama - on stage and off. Ripe for every kind of experience, she falls passionately in love with a poet, fourteen years her senior, to whom she gives herself, body and soul.\u003cbr\u003eShe sees him as a 'Greek god',\u003cbr\u003euntil it transpires that he has a dark secret.\u003cp\u003eTheir love affair explodes around the theatre in Canterbury, and in a run-down cottage on the outskirts of town.\u003cbr\u003eBut can she love him - and live with the fallout from his secret?What will happen if the barrier falls?\u003cbr\u003eAn unexpected intrusion takes them,\u003cbr\u003etogether and separately, to other places...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel is a poetic exploration of obsessive first love:\u003cbr\u003ethe passion and the ecstasy, the pain and despair.\u003cbr\u003eIt is deeply erotic, complex and disturbing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also a spiritual odyssey...\u003cbr\u003eBut will it bring redemption?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Pat Chester\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Generation Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47060009550064,"sku":"9781785071881","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785071881_p0.jpg?v=1763726483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785071881","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}