{"product_id":"what-i-loved-a-novel-9780805071702","title":"What I Loved: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful and heartbreaking novel that chronicles the epic story of two families  two sons  and two marriages What I Loved begins in New York in 1975  when art historian Leo Hertzberg discovers an extraordinary painting by an unknown artist in a SoHo gallery. He buys the work; tracks down the artist  Bill Wechsler; and the two men embark on a life-long friendship. Leos story  which spans twenty-five years  follows the evolution of the growing involvement between his family and Bills-an intricate constellation of attachments that includes the two men; their wives  Erica and Violet; and their children  Matthew and Mark. The families live in the same building in New York  share a house in Vermont during the summer  keep up a lively exchange of thoughts and ideas  and find themselves permanently altered by one another. Over the years  they not only enjoy love but endure loss-in one case sudden  incapacitating loss; in another  a different kind  one that is hidden and slow-growing  and which insidiously erodes the fabric of their lives. Intimate in tone and seductive in its complexity  the novel moves seamlessly from inner worlds to outer worlds  from the deeply private to the public  from physical infirmity to cultural illness. Part family novel  part psychological thriller  What I Loved is a beautifully written exploration of love  loss  and betrayal-and of a mans attempt to make sense of the world and go on living.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652634239029,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805071709","price":39.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805071702.jpg?v=1781852233","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/what-i-loved-a-novel-9780805071702","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}