{"product_id":"under-the-wide-and-starry-sky","title":"Under the Wide and Starry Sky","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - \u003ci\u003eTODAY\u003c\/i\u003e SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK - \u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLoving Frank\u003c\/i\u003e comes a much-anticipated second novel, which tells the improbable love story of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his tempestuous American wife, Fanny.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the age of thirty-five, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne has left her philandering husband in San Francisco to set sail for Belgium--with her three children and nanny in tow--to study art. It is a chance for this adventurous woman to start over, to make a better life for all of them, and to pursue her own desires. Not long after her arrival, however, tragedy strikes, and Fanny and her children repair to a quiet artists' colony in France where she can recuperate. Emerging from a deep sorrow, she meets a lively Scot, Robert Louis Stevenson, ten years her junior, who falls instantly in love with the earthy, independent, and opinionated \"belle Americaine.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fanny does not immediately take to the slender young lawyer who longs to devote his life to writing--and who would eventually pen such classics as \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/i\u003e. In time, though, she succumbs to Stevenson's charms, and the two begin a fierce love affair--marked by intense joy and harrowing darkness--that spans the decades and the globe. The shared life of these two strong-willed individuals unfolds into an adventure as impassioned and unpredictable as any of Stevenson's own unforgettable tales. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eUnder the Wide and Starry Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A richly imagined [novel] of love, laughter, pain and sacrifice . . . \u003ci\u003eUnder the Wide and Starry Sky\u003c\/i\u003e is a dual portrait, with Louis and Fanny sharing the limelight in the best spirit of teamwork--a romantic partnership.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Powerful . . . flawless . . . a perfect example of what a man and a woman will do for love, and what they can accomplish when it's meant to be.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Horan's prose is gorgeous enough to keep a reader transfixed, even if the story itself weren't so compelling. I kept re-reading passages just to savor the exquisite wordplay. . . . Few writers are as masterful as she is at blending carefully researched history with the novelist's art.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A classic artistic bildungsroman and a retort to the genre, a novel that shows how love and marriage can simultaneously offer inspiration and encumbrance.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Nancy Horan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49153417150691,"sku":"9780345516541","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0356\/3906\/6759\/files\/9780345516541-us.jpg?v=1780602013","url":"https:\/\/littleprofessorbookshop.com\/products\/under-the-wide-and-starry-sky","provider":"Little Professor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}