{"product_id":"the-third-love","title":"The Third Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA time-bending story of love, desire, and destiny that sways between Japan’s past and its present—from a courtesan of Yoshiwara in Edo to a serving lady of the Heian period to a wife and mother in the twenty-first century—by one of our most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaving married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship soured by infidelity. One day, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, each night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan in the seventeenth 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 twenty-first-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 ready for her third great love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Granta","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543585100019,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/6673\/0739\/files\/image_a0d118fe-90e7-46b2-8fdc-b8f850731b93.jpg?v=1787842421","url":"https:\/\/everydaycarrybooks.com\/products\/the-third-love","provider":"Everyday Carry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}