{"product_id":"9781925475807","title":"The Green Bell","description":"It's 1972 in Canberra. Michael Dransfield is being treated for a drug addiction; Paula Keogh is delusional and grief-stricken. They meet in a psychiatric unit of the Canberra Hospital and instantly fall in love. Paula recovers a self that she thought was lost; Michael, a radical poet, is caught up in a rush of creative energy and writes poems that become The Second Month of Spring. Together, they plan for 'a wedding, marriage, kids ? the whole trip?. But outside the hospital walls, madness, grief and drugs challenge their luminous dream. Can their love survive? The Green Bell  is a lyrical and profoundly moving story about love and madness. It explores the ways that extreme experience can change us: expose our terrors and open us to ecstasy for the sake of a truer life, a reconciliation with who we are. Ultimately, the memoir reveals itself to be a hymn to life. A requiem for lost friends. A coming of age story that takes a lifetime.","brand":"Affirm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132156723440,"sku":"9781925475807","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781925475807_p0.jpg?v=1763636459","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781925475807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}