{"product_id":"the-moment-a-novel-9781451608595","title":"The Moment: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e#1 International Bestseller  The Moment is utterly engrossing...Kennedy is astonishing at communicating his characters emotional turmoil  the complexity of their situation  and the coldness of the Cold WarHighly recommended for all types of fiction readers. Library Journal (starred review)  Thomas Nesbitt is a divorced writer in the midst of a rueful middle age. Living a very private life in Maine  in touch only with his daughter and still trying to recover from the end of a long marriage  his solitude is disrupted one wintry morning by the arrival of a box that is postmarked Berlin. The name on the boxDussmannunsettles him completely  for it belongs to the woman with whom he had an intense love affair twenty-six years ago in Berlin at a time when the city was cleaved in two and personal and political allegiances were frequently haunted by the deep shadows of the Cold War.  Refusing initially to confront what he might find in that box  Thomas nevertheless is forced to grapple with a past he has never discussed with any living person and in the process relive those months in Berlin when he discovered  for the first and only time in his life  the full  extraordinary force of true love. But Petra Dussmann  the woman to whom he lost his heart  was not just a refugee from a police state  but also someone who lived with an ongoing sorrow that gradually rewrote both their destinies.  A love story of great epic sweep and immense emotional power  The Moment explores why and how we fall in loveand the way we project on to others that which our hearts so desperately seek.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648125820981,"sku":"ByrdShop_1451608594","price":31.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781451608595.jpg?v=1781710187","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-moment-a-novel-9781451608595","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}