{"product_id":"9781542025874-four-corners-of-the-heart-the","title":"The Four Corners of the Heart","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Unfinished Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/i\u003e comes the surprise publication of a novel she never finished—and a story that evokes her greatest works.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrench literary star Françoise Sagan was just eighteen when she published her first bestseller, \u003ci\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1954. Decades later, this short novel surfaced: an unfinished manuscript that wittily dissects the romantic lives of its bourgeois characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe glamorous Marie-Laure never expected her wealthy older husband to survive a devastating car accident that left him in a fragile mental and physical condition. But three years later, Ludovic Cresson returns home to the family estate and finds himself in the throes of a tumultuous marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverseeing this tense dynamic is Henri, the patriarch, who wants to see his son recover but detests various members of his own family. When Marie-Laure’s mother visits the estate, the family equilibrium falters spectacularly. As Ludovic’s virility returns, he cannot resist the charms of his mother-in-law—and neither can his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story ends abruptly, but it offers a vivid, if open ended, look into some of Sagan’s final undiscovered characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40860369715297,"sku":"9781542025874","price":6.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31100166.jpg?v=1730449848","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781542025874-four-corners-of-the-heart-the","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}