{"product_id":"missed-connections-love-lost-found-9780761163589","title":"Missed Connections: Love, Lost \u0026 Found","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMissed Connections: Love, Lost \u0026amp; Found\u003c\/strong\u003e by Blackall, Sophie. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780761163589.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn her first book for adults, the artist Sophie Blackall creates a deeply felt, poignant book about love—a book that captures the mystery, the yearning, at times the cosmic humor behind the “what if?” of a missed connection.\n\nLike a message in a bottle, a “missed connection\" classified (usually posted on a website) is an attempt however far-fetched, by one stranger to reach another on the strength of a remembered glance, smile, or blue hat. The anonymous messages are hopeful and hopeless, funny and sad. Ms. Blackall, award-winning illustrator of Ruby’s Wish and Big Red Lollipop, has turned some of the most evocative (or hilarious) of them into exquisite paintings.\n\nMissed Connections is a collection of illustrated love stories. There’s “We Shared a Bear Suit.” “If Not for Your Noisy Tambourine.” “Hairy Bearded Swimmer.” Each is told in the shorthand of a “missed connection,” and then illustrated in Chinese ink and watercolor. The paintings are extraordinary: delicate yet full of feeling, each springing from one little detail of the post into a fully imagined world. Each brings the voyeuristic pleasure of watching love at first sight, and the pleasure of watching an artist discover a fresh new way to tell a story. And not all the connections are missed. Hidden in the book are three pieces that conjure up the magic of love found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WORKMAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789802463285,"sku":"ByrdShop_0761163581","price":31.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780761163589_95cff9cb-3fd0-47d7-ac24-30ed146a9558.jpg?v=1784764012","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/missed-connections-love-lost-found-9780761163589","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}