{"product_id":"a-great-marriage-paperback","title":"A Great Marriage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Mayes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a perfect wedding is called off just days before the big event, it sends two people--and their families--reeling, in this poignant novel from the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eUnder the Tuscan Sun \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWomen in Sunlight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A moving immersion in love and loss.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA great marriage is an elusive thing, and only a few know the secret to making one.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. If love at first sight can happen, it happens to them. These two vivid, ambitious people are on different courses--he's British, working temporarily in New York. She's from North Carolina, set on law school. They don't care. They will make their lives together happen. At their April engagement dinner at Dara's family home, her mother, Lee, sets a beautiful table, and the family and close friends gather to celebrate. Rich, Dara's father, raises a toast. Suddenly, Lee spills the wine, a brilliant red stain splashing onto the tablecloth and onto Austin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Days later, Austin hears unsettling news from London that wrecks their plans. Dara abruptly cancels the wedding. She refuses to reveal the reason, not even to her best friends or her parents or grandmother, disrupting their family tradition of openness. As everyone knows, Lee and Rich have a great marriage, and Charlotte, her grandmother, had a colossal one, to the late Senator Mann. Charlotte literally wrote the book on the subject: She's the author of international bestsellers on what makes a good or possibly a great marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While Dara escapes to California and Indigo Island, South Carolina, Austin, back in London, faces a major tragedy, the consequences of which are life-altering. But it's Lee, Dara's mother, whose impulsive visit to London alters their fate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With her signature warmth, humor, and incisive style, beloved author Frances Mayes creates a multigenerational probe into the complexity of love and the great mystery ride of marriage. A novel of casual choices and fateful consequences, \u003ci\u003eA Great Marriage \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces two unforgettable families and the arrival of a stranger who rearranges their futures.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Mayes \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the modern classic \u003ci\u003eUnder the Tuscan Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller for more than two and a half years and inspired the beloved motion picture starring Diane Lane. It was followed by \u003ci\u003eBella Tuscany, Every Day in Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e, and two illustrated books, \u003ci\u003e In Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBringing Tuscany Home\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eA Year in the World, See You in the Piazza, Always Italy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home\u003c\/i\u003e. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eSwan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWomen in Sunlight. \u003c\/i\u003eHer books have been translated into more than fifty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156502872127,"sku":"9780593499009","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/vojXdTJ7N9780593499009.webp?v=1776972801","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-great-marriage-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}