{"product_id":"free-love-paperback","title":"Free Love - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTessa Hadley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Exquisite.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cstrong\u003e\"Brilliantly observed.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e, Pick of the Week\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A beguiling novel, deceptively easy to read; beneath the surface swim disturbing and age-old questions about freedom and fate.\" -- Hilary Mantel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLate in the Day \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Past\u003c\/em\u003e comes a compulsive new novel about one woman's sexual and intellectual awakening in 1960s London.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1967. While London comes alive with the new youth revolution, the suburban Fischer family seems to belong to an older world of conventional stability: pretty, dutiful homemaker Phyllis is married to Roger, a devoted father with a career in the Foreign Office. Their children are Colette, a bookish teenager, and Hugh, the golden boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the twenty-something son of an old friend pays the Fischers a visit one hot summer evening, and kisses Phyllis in the dark garden after dinner, something in her catches fire. Newly awake to the world, Phyllis makes a choice that defies all expectations of her as a wife and a mother. Nothing in these ordinary lives is so ordinary after all, it turns out, as the family's upheaval mirrors the dramatic transformation of the society around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith scalpel-sharp insight, Tessa Hadley explores her characters' inner worlds, laying bare their fears and longings. Daring and sensual, \u003cem\u003eFree Love\u003c\/em\u003e is an irresistible exploration of romantic love, sexual freedom and living out the truest and most meaningful version of our selves - a novel that showcases Hadley's unrivaled ability to \"put on paper a consciousness so visceral, so fully realized, it heightens and expands your own\" (Lily King, author of \u003cem\u003eEuphoria\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732182110271,"sku":"9780063137837","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7a9db1f35df0e769fed23896025165fb.webp?v=1765131570","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/free-love-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}