{"product_id":"9781593768379","title":"The Third Love","description":"\u003cb\u003eA time-bending story of love, desire, and destiny that sways between Japan’s past and its present—from a courtesan of Yoshiwara in Edo to a serving lady of the Heian period to a wife and mother in the twenty-first century—by one of our most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship soured by infidelity. One day, she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual escape: he teaches her the trick of living inside her dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, each night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan in the seventeenth century, and then as a serving lady to a princess in the late Middle Ages. As she experiences desire and heartbreak in the past, so Riko comes to reconsider her life as a twenty-first-century woman—as a wife, as a mother, and as a lover—and to ask herself whether, after loving her husband and loving Mr Takaoka, she is ready for her third great love.","brand":"Kawakami, Hiromi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback B102","offer_id":68263338213588,"sku":"9781593768379","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_43125ef6-b435-49a9-b504-a13630622d20.jpg?v=1793640426","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781593768379","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}