{"product_id":"enlightenment","title":"Enlightenment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThomas and Grace are fellow worshippers at the Baptist chapel in the small Essex town of Aldleigh. Though separated in age by three decades, the pair are kindred spirits - torn between their commitment to religion and their desire for more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut their friendship is threatened by the arrival of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas falls for James Bower, who runs the local museum. Together they develop an obsession with the vanished nineteenth-century female astronomer Maria Veduva, said to haunt a nearby manor. Inspired by Maria, and the dawning realisation James may not reciprocate his feelings, Thomas finds solace studying the night skies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCould astronomy offer as much wonder as divine or earthly love?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile Grace meets Nathan, a fellow sixth former who represents a different, wilder kind of life. They are drawn passionately together, but quickly pulled apart, casting Grace into the wider world and far away from Thomas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn time, the mysteries of Aldleigh are revealed, bringing Thomas and Grace back to each other and to a richer understanding of love, of the nature of the world, and the sheer miracle of being alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vintage Publishing\u003cbr\u003ePages: 375\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781787335004\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1787335003\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Sarah Perry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49697851343114,"sku":"","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781787335004.jpg?v=1722508772","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/enlightenment","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}