{"product_id":"book-c2sx","title":"The Fortress","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe critically acclaimed, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eFalling Through the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAngelology\u003c\/em\u003e returns with this much-anticipated memoir of love and transformation in the South of France. \u003cem\u003eThe Fortress \u003c\/em\u003eis \u003cem\u003eA Year in Provence \u003c\/em\u003emeets \u003cem\u003eEat, Pray, Love \u003c\/em\u003eby way of \u003cem\u003eThe Shining, \u003c\/em\u003ea riveting account of one woman’s journey to the other side of the romantic fairy tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“If I had been another woman, I might have been skeptical. But I wasn’t another woman. I was a woman ready to be swept away. I was a woman ready for her story to begin. As a writer, story was all that mattered. Rising action, dramatic complication, heroes and villains and dark plots. I believed I was the author of my life, that I controlled the narration.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom their first meeting, writer Danielle Trussoni is spellbound by a brilliant, mysterious novelist from Bulgaria. The two share a love of music and books and travel, passions that intensify their whirlwind romance. Within months, they are married and embark upon an adventurous life together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight years later, their marriage in trouble, Trussoni  and her husband move to the South of France, hoping to save their relationship. They discover Aubais (pronounced \u003cem\u003eobey\u003c\/em\u003e, as in \u003cem\u003elove, honor and … Aubais\u003c\/em\u003e), a picturesque medieval village in the Languedoc, where they buy a thirteenth-century stone fortress. Aubais is a Mediterranean paradise of sun, sea, and vineyards, but they soon learn the fortress’s secret history of subterranean chambers, Knights Templar, hidden treasure, Nazis, and ghosts. During her years in Aubais, Trussoni’s marriage unravels with terrifying consequences, and she comes to understand that love is never the way we imagine it to be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrussoni’s time in France brings hard-won wisdom about authenticity, commitment, and family. Through her search for true happiness, Danielle Trussoni finds the strength to overcome her illusions and start again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnflinching and bold, \u003cem\u003eThe Fortress\u003c\/em\u003e is one woman’s struggle to understand the complexities of her own heart. Trussoni’s long-awaited return to memoir is a tour de force that changes the conversation about desire and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49345147207984,"sku":"BDc2sx","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49345147240752,"sku":"ZEc2sx","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49345147306288,"sku":"ZMc2sx","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c2sx-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778305434","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c2sx","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}