{"product_id":"9798217176632","title":"Go Gentle: Oprah's Book Club","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Maria Semple is a treasure.\" —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhere'd You Go, Bernadette\u003c\/i\u003e returns to form in her most exuberant and life-affirming novel yet with the story of one woman’s cheerful determination to live a life of the mind only to have the heart force its way in.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdora Hazzard has it all figured out. A Stoic philosopher and divorcée, she lives a contented life on New York City’s Upper West Side. Having discovered that the secret to happiness is to desire only what you have, she’s applied this insight to blissful effect: relishing her teenage daughter, the freedom of being solo, and her job as a moral tutor for the twin boys of an old-money family. She’s even assembled a \"coven\"—like-minded women who live on the same floor in the legendary Ansonia—and is making active efforts to grow its membership. Adora’s carefully curated life is humming along brilliantly until a chance meeting with a handsome stranger.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon, her ordered world is upended by black-market art deals, secret rendezvous, and international intrigue . . . and her past—which she has worked so hard to bury—lands like a bomb in her present. Inflamed by unquenchable desire, Adora finds herself a woman wanting more: and she’ll risk everything to get it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdora Hazzard’s journey of self-discovery will grip you from the start. Romantic, hilarious, intelligent, and bursting with the stuff of life, \u003ci\u003eGo Gentle\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling story of one woman’s mid-life transformation, cementing Maria Semple in the pantheon of our most exciting and important contemporary writers.","brand":"Maria Semple","offers":[{"title":"Penguin Publishing Group |  Hardback  |  2026-04-14","offer_id":47338573725951,"sku":"9798217176632","price":39.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_00ab745c-194a-4549-97c8-18c2c6be59c9.jpg?v=1759940277","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9798217176632","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}