{"product_id":"three-light-years-9781250069313b","title":"Three Light-Years","description":"Cecilia and Claudio are doctors at the same hospital. They eat lunch together, sharing conversation and confidences. Each is recovering from a relationship that has ended but is not yet over: she is a vulnerable, young woman with a complicated family situation and two small children; he continues to live in the same building with his senile mother and his ex-wife and her new family. Though they are drawn together magnetically, life has taught them to treat that attraction with suspicion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut a chance encounter with Cecilia's sister, Silvia, shifts the precarious balance of the relationship between the two doctors. Claudio begins to see the difficulties inherent in his approach toward life-his weary \"Why not?\" response, rather than indicating a hunger for life and experiences, is simply a default setting; saying no would require an energy and focus he lacks. And just when Cecilia comes to the realization that she loves Claudio and is ready to commit to a genuine relationship, fate steps in once again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn lucid, melancholy prose, elegantly rendered into English by Anne Milano Appel, Andrea Canobbio sketches a fable of love poisoned by indecision and ambivalence in Three Light-Years, laying bare the dangers of playing it safe when it comes to matters of the heart.","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819955261520,"sku":"9781250069313B","price":13.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781250069313-l.jpg?v=1785877968","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/three-light-years-9781250069313b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}