{"product_id":"9780060927301","title":"Marly Swick - The Summer Before the Summer of Love Stories by","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Marly Swick. Themes include Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in The Summer Before the Summer of Love seductively combine life's barren sorrow with a sensual fullness. Marly Swick is consistently original and unflinching in her observations of the dynamics between friends and lovers, parents and children, husbands and wives. In \"The Other Widow,\" a grieving mistress meets her deceased lover's wife; in \"Crete,\" a woman who once escaped a grisly murder now finds herself faced with her daughter's death and the fear that her baby's life was taken because her own had been spared; in the title story, a girl goes to a Beatles concert with her mother and sister and faces the tough emotional balancing act posed by her parents' recent separation. In a style that is as exquisite as it is unsentimental, Swick creates a true sense of how people really do live--and love--and does so with grace, intelligence and humor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58099558547830,"sku":null,"price":6.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780060927301.jpg?v=1781623402","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780060927301","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}