{"product_id":"stowaways","title":"Stowaways by Andre Aciman (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis contemporary twist on Brief Encounter is a tender meditation on what might have been. 'Maybe we love people because they won't let us know them.'A summer's evening in Manhattan. Nothing - not cold drinks, not showers not a stroll through the chilly aisles of an all-night drugstore - can undo the heat's hold on the city.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJulian is half watching the evening news, his husband filling the dishwasher. That's when it arrives. An email with the subject line: 'From Paul Axel'.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn email about a dead man from Carol - a woman Julian has never met. Paul has left a message he'd like her to relay. Emails are exchanged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMorning coffee at the Bryant Park Grill is agreed. Carol, fulfilling Paul's final request, wonders how she will tell Julian of a life - and a love - he has no idea existed. A life, encased in a flash drive, containing multitudes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReaders adored Stowaways:'I have unashamedly fallen in love with Andre Aciman's writing. . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI couldn't stop reading until the very last page.''It's a really beautiful book of two people talking about love.''Poignant, heart-warming, stimulating and challenging. All readers should recognise something of themselves in this story.''I had no idea what to expect going into this book but in true André Aciman style, I was floored by the sheer beauty of it.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somiibooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52859395998039,"sku":"9780571399925","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/9780571399925.jpg?v=1771887986","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/stowaways","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}