{"product_id":"9781943691067","title":"Bitterness \/ Seven Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBitterness \/ Seven Stories\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, David Orsini explores the lives of characters that are tested as well as transformed or defeated by the loss of a spouse or by the loss of children and other relatives during a world war. Some of the characters are tested by the aftermath of a fatal air crash, by terminal illness, and by unrequited love. The troubled human beings who activate their journeys within these pages include war-haunted veterans, a young protagonist who has inadvertently caused the death of his best friend, and a world-weary engineer who enters an unorthodox sexual triangle. These stories often portray characters who make unwise and sometimes perverse choices and who struggle to move forward to a new cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quaternity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141680349424,"sku":"9781943691067","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781943691067_p0.jpg?v=1763802331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781943691067","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}