{"product_id":"9781783788873","title":"The Third Love by Hiromi Kawakami","description":"From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, a novel that moves between Japan past and present to tell a time-bending story about desire and destiny.   Having married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship that has been soured by infidelity.  One day, by chance, 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.   And so, each night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan in the 17th 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 21st 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 now ready for her third great love.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44581252530354,"sku":"9781783788873","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781783788873_2f7ed51a-cd29-4bb8-83e9-8556219f5f50.jpg?v=1720876028","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781783788873","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}