{"product_id":"open-heart-paperback","title":"OPEN HEART (Paperback)","description":"\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Dublin Literary Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis intimate family novel that follows the rise and fall of a great love is also a moving tribute to the generation that struggled to survive in Spain after the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOpen Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, Elvira Lindo tells the story of her parents—the story of an excessive love, passionate and unstable, forged through countless fights and reconciliations, which had a profound effect on their entire family.\u003cbr\u003e Manuel Lindo came from nothing, but stubbornly worked his way up at the Dredging and Construction Company. Obliged to move from city to city for his job, the family couldn’t put down roots, and Elvira and her siblings’ childhood was marked by unpredictability. As they pass through temporary homes, they’re caught between Manuel’s outsized temper and their young mother’s worsening illness, which would tragically take her life.\u003cbr\u003e Beginning with nine-year-old Manuel’s experience in Madrid in 1939, \u003ci\u003eOpen Heart \u003c\/i\u003etakes us on a sweeping journey through Spain full of beautifully observed insights about love in its many forms.","brand":"Lindo, Elvira","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337326031122,"sku":"9781635422528","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/7386983482770.jpg?v=1780441219","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/open-heart-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}