{"product_id":"books-falling-slowly-by-anita-brookner","title":"Falling Slowly","description":"In \u003cb\u003eFalling Slowly\u003c\/b\u003e, Anita Brookner brilliantly evokes the origins, nature, and consequences of human isolation. As middle age settles upon the Sharpe sisters, regret over chances not taken casts a shadow over their contented existence. Beatrice, a talented if uninspired pianist, gives up performing, a decision motivated by stiffening joints and the sudden realization that her art has never brought her someone to love. Miriam, usually calm and lucid, slides headlong into an affair with a charming, handsome--and very married--man. And as each woman awakens to the urgency of her loneliness, illness threatens to sever them both from the one happiness they have grown to count on: each other. Painfully wise, the Sharpe sisters embody the conflicting yearnings Jane Austen delineated in \u003cb\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/b\u003e.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53675156373777,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780375704246.jpg?v=1781538505","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-falling-slowly-by-anita-brookner","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}