{"product_id":"of-love-and-shadows","title":"Of Love And Shadows","description":"**\u003cb\u003eThe moving novel from the multi-million-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Spirits \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Japanese Lover**\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrene Beltrán\u003c\/b\u003e is a force to be reckoned with. As a magazine journalist – an unusual profession for a woman with her privileged upbringing – she is constantly challenging the oppressive regime. Her investigative partner is photographer \u003cb\u003eFrancisco Leal\u003c\/b\u003e, the son of impoverished Spanish Marxist émigrés.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e They are an inseparable team, and – despite \u003cb\u003eIrene’s\u003c\/b\u003e engagement to an army captain – form a passionate connection. When an assignment leads them to uncover an unspeakable crime, they are determined to reveal the truth in a national overrun by terror and violence. Together they will risk everything for justice – and ultimately to embrace the passion that binds them.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Isabel Allende's \u003ci\u003eOf Love and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘[Allende] can just as \u003cb\u003edeftly depict loving\u003c\/b\u003e tenderness as convey the high fire of eroticism. And when you’ve successfully mingled sex and politics with a noble cause, how can you go wrong? \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ‘\u003cb\u003eAllende is a born storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ‘The people in \u003ci\u003eOf Love and Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e are real, their triumphs and defeats are so faithful to the truth of human existence, that we see the world in miniature. This is \u003cb\u003eprecisely what fiction should do\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ‘We are by turns \u003cb\u003eenchanted and entertained\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Allende has married the world of magic and political evil most credibly’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLA Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317554323838,"sku":"NW9781471173455","price":10.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781471173455.jpg?v=1778722156","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/of-love-and-shadows","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}