{"product_id":"41-love-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"41-Love: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScarlett Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA darkly funny sports memoir about a mid-life crisis, exercise addiction, tennis, and how to grow up when you really, really don't want to\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt forty-one, Scarlett Thomas was a successful novelist and a senior academic. She'd quit smoking, gotten healthier, settled down in a lovely house with a wonderful partner. She'd had all the therapy. Then her beloved dog died. Her parents started to get sick right around the time she realized she was never going to be a mother herself. For the first time in her life, maintaining her ideal weight had become nearly impossible. She was supposed to grow up, but she didn't know how. So instead she decided to regress, to go back to the thing she'd loved best as a child but had inexplicably abandoned: tennis. Thomas knows she's not the only person to have wondered whether throwing enough money and time and passion at something can make your dream come true. \u003ci\u003e41-Love\u003c\/i\u003e is heartbreaking but frequently funny as Thomas finds she'll do anything to win--almost anything.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScarlett Thomas \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in London in 1972. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOligarchy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Seed Collectors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePopCo\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Mr. Y\u003c\/i\u003e. Her previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe End of Mr. Y\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePopCo\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Seed Collectors\u003c\/i\u003e, have developed a cult following and sold more than half a million books worldwide. Her work has been translated into twenty-five languages. Scarlett is a professor of creative writing and contemporary fiction at the University of Kent in the U.K.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767351083296,"sku":"9781640094765","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a1b53ec4f569aaed68c0ce96a78ac176.webp?v=1780309675","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/41-love-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}