{"product_id":"book-2qc6","title":"The Third Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA time-bending story of love, desire, and destiny that sways between Japan's past and its present—from a courtesan of Yoshiwara in Edo to a serving lady of the Heian period to a wife and mother in the twenty-first century—by one of our most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving married her childhood sweetheart, Riko now finds herself trapped in a relationship soured by infidelity. One day, she runs into her old friend Mr Takaoka, who offers friendship, love, and an unusual escape: he teaches her the trick of living inside her dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, each night, she sinks into another life: first as a high-ranking courtesan in the seventeenth century, and then as a serving lady to a princess in the late Middle Ages. As she experiences desire and heartbreak in the past, so Riko comes to reconsider her life as a twenty-first-century woman—as a wife, as a mother, and as a lover—and to ask herself whether, after loving her husband and loving Mr Takaoka, she is ready for her third great love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e© 2025 by Hiromi Kawakami. ℗ 2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2025 by Ted Goossen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliance Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67943852245296,"sku":"BD2qc6","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2qc6-Square-cover.webp?v=1791221779","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2qc6","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}