{"product_id":"briefly-a-delicious-life-a-novel-hardcover-stevens-nell-hardcover","title":"Briefly, a Delicious Life -- Nell Stevens, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable debut novel from an award-winning writer: a lively, daring ghost story about a teenage ghost who falls in love with a writer who doesn't know she exists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1473, fourteen-year-old Blanca dies in a hilltop monastery in Mallorca. Nearly four hundred years later, when George Sand, her two children, and her lover Frederic Chopin arrive in the village, Blanca is still there: a spirited, funny, righteous ghost, she's been hanging around the monastery since her accidental death, spying on the monks and the townspeople and keeping track of her descendants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBlanca is enchanted the moment she sees George, and the magical novel unfolds as a story of deeply felt, unrequited longing--the impossible love of a teenage ghost for a woman who can't see her and doesn't know she exists. As George and Chopin, who wear their unconventionality, in George's case, literally on their sleeves, find themselves in deepening trouble with the provincial, 19th-century villagers, Blanca watches helplessly and reflects on the circumstances of her own death (which involves an ill-advised love affair with a monk-in-training). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharming, original, and emotionally moving, this is a surprisingly touching story about romantic fixation and a powerful meditation on creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nell Stevens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.78w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982190941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2022 pg. 39","brand":"Nell Stevens","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43951147319524,"sku":"9781982190941","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/img_d4e4335a-c248-4b0d-9455-f95b9e9e1c0c.jpg?v=1719554190","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/briefly-a-delicious-life-a-novel-hardcover-stevens-nell-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}