{"product_id":"simple-recipes","title":"Simple Recipes","description":"\u003cp\u003eLonging, familiarity, and hope suffuse these stories as they mine the charged territory of relationships-subtly weaving in conflicts between generations and cultures. Madeleine Thien's characters in some way want to make amends, to understand the events that have shaped their lives. A young woman searches back in time for the pivotal moment when her family lost faith in itself. Two sisters keep a vigil outside their former house, hoping their long-absent mother will appear one last time. A wife helps her husband grieve for the woman he has loved since childhood. A daughter remembers the simple ritual she once shared with her father and the moment when her unconditional love for him was called into question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompassionate and revealing, delicate and wise, the stories in \u003cem\u003eSimple Recipes\u003c\/em\u003e chart the uneven progress of love and lay bare the heartbreaking truths at the cores of our closest bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57503770739061,"sku":"9781324078678","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/simple-recipes","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}