{"product_id":"sea-wife-3","title":"Sea Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Taut as a thriller' Claire Messud \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A gripping tale of survival at sea - but that's just the beginning' Jennifer Egan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A smart, swift and thrilling novel' Lauren Groff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the highly acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eSchroder,\u003c\/i\u003e a smart, sophisticated literary page turner about a young family who escape suburbia for a year-long sailing trip that upends all of their lives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJuliet is failing to juggle motherhood and her anemic dissertation when her husband, Michael, informs her that he wants to leave his job and buy a sailboat. The couple are novice sailors, but Michael persuades Juliet to say yes. With their two kids - Sybil, age seven, and George, age two, Juliet and Michael set off for Panama, where their forty-four-foot sailboat awaits them - a boat that Michael has christened the \u003ci\u003eJuliet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe initial result is transformative: their marriage is given a gust of energy, and even the children are affected by the beauty and wonderful vertigo of travel. The sea challenges them all - and most of all, Juliet, who suffers from postpartum depression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSea Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is told in gripping dual perspectives: Juliet's first-person narration, after the journey, as she struggles to come to terms with the dire, life-changing events that unfolded at sea; and Michael's captain's log - that provides a riveting, slow-motion account of those same inexorable events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExuberant, harrowing, witty and exquisitely written, \u003ci\u003eSea Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is impossible to put down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227641205080,"sku":"9780349726526","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780349726526_cdb15fa5-a364-4bc3-93ca-460931b12490.jpg?v=1771938028","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/sea-wife-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}