{"product_id":"the-third-love-hiromi-kawakami-hardcover","title":"The Third Love -- Hiromi Kawakami, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\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\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hiromi Kawakami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.05 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.35\" H x 5.59\" L x 1.1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781593768058\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50772732379440,"sku":"9781593768058","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781593768058_a3d3afdb-2038-4abf-a70b-35c59e5e18ef.jpg?v=1775348514","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-third-love-hiromi-kawakami-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}