{"product_id":"alone","title":"Alone","description":"\u003cp\u003e''A book to love and cherish''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeborah Levy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cost of Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A beautiful writer and, just as important, a beautiful thinker''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHanya Yanagihara, author of \u003ci\u003eA Little Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Friendship is, in fact, as much the topic of this book as aloneness''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Bakewell, G\u003ci\u003euardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt no time before have so many people lived alone, and never has loneliness been so widely or keenly felt. Why, in a society of individualists, is living alone perceived as a shameful failure? And can we ever be happy on our own?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A heartfelt memoir on being single, living alone and the existential experience of loneliness''\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Romantic love, suggests the author, is the lone \"grand narrative\" to have survived seismic societal shifts in modern times . . . Hermits and intimacy, the taboo of loneliness and the consolation of friendship - all find their place in a meditation that nods to joy and adversity''\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57395664617854,"sku":"NW9781399744096","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399744096.jpg?v=1778602340","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/alone","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}