{"product_id":"9780676978827","title":"On Chesil Beach","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSaturday\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtonement\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly illuminates the collision  of sexual longing, deep-seated fears and romantic fantasy in his unforgettable, emotionally  engaging novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The year is 1962. Florence, the daughter of a successful businessman  and an aloof Oxford academic, is a talented violinist. She dreams of a career on  the concert stage and of the perfect life she will create with Edward, the earnest  young history student she met by chance and who unexpectedly wooed her and won her  heart. Edward grew up in the country on the outskirts of Oxford where his father,  the headmaster of the local school, struggled to keep the household together and  his mother, brain-damaged from an accident, drifted in a world of her own. Edward’s native intelligence, coupled with a longing to experience the excitement and intellectual  fervour of the city, had taken him to University College in London. Falling in love  with the accomplished, shy and sensitive Florence—and having his affections returned  with equal intensity—has utterly changed his life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Their marriage, they believe,  will bring them happiness, the confidence and the freedom to fulfill their true destinies.  The glowing promise of the future, however, cannot totally mask their worries about  the wedding night. Edward, who has had little experience with women, frets about  his sexual prowess. Florence’s anxieties run deeper: she is overcome by conflicting  emotions and a fear of the moment she will surrender herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the precise and  intimate depiction of two young lovers eager to rise above the hurts and confusion  of the past, to the touching story of how their unexpressed misunderstandings and  fears shape the rest of their lives,\u003ci\u003e On Chesil Beach\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary novel that  brilliantly, movingly shows us how the entire course of a life can be changed—by  a gesture not made or a word not spoken.","brand":"Ian McEwan","offers":[{"title":"Knopf Canada |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2008-04-08","offer_id":44663151165695,"sku":"9780676978827","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_fd224a8e-1fa1-4898-885e-b39561d913ff.jpg?v=1704533688","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780676978827","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}