{"product_id":"9781408809655-the-memory-of-love","title":"The Memory of Love","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShortlisted for the Orange Prize\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Orange Prize 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Orange Prize 2011\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer of great talent and courage' \u003c\/b\u003eMONICA ALI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An affecting, passionate and intelligent novel about the redemptive power of love and storytelling'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e_____________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFreetown, Sierra Leone, 1969.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague.  He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital's hospital, he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElsewhere in the hospital, Kai, a gifted young surgeon, is desperately trying to forget the pain of a lost love that torments him as much as the mental scars he still bears from the civil war that has left an entire people with terrible secrets to keep. It falls to a British psychologist, Adrian Lockheart, to help the two survivors, but when he too falls in love, past and present collide with devastating consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Memory of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartbreaking story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31650242199649,"sku":"9781408809655","price":10.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27307862.jpg?v=1721656180","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408809655-the-memory-of-love","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}