{"product_id":"9781250366993","title":"The Book of Lost Chances","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 16 MARCH \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e2027\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If you'd once held a book that contained a whole other world in your hands - a world where you'd found a beauty and a love that has always eluded you in this one - and then you lost it, wouldn't you try to find it again? Wouldn't you always keep searching?\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs children, three wayward sisters - wandering the grounds of the family's mysterious seaside hotel in Northern California, on the day of an annual masquerade auction - discover (and steal) a highly desirable and expensive book. . . and accidentally fall into another, more magical world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt least, Agatha and Ellery do - Margery, the eldest Ellison sister, stays behind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt first too cautious, then panicked and furious with regret, she's the only witness to her sisters' disappearance as well as the only one to miss them during their absence. . . and when the two younger reappear, they are alternately terrified and awestruck at the fantastical, dangerous \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eyears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e they've spent in another world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetermined to protect them, Margery gets rid of the book so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003enone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of the sisters could ever be tempted to return. . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs grownups, the Ellison sisters are separated by distance and disappointments. Agatha is wayward and searching for magic denied, while Ellery has taken her penchant for storytelling and become a bestselling author - with a book that echoes the fantastical story of another world. . . and a love that was lost forever. Margery has thrown herself at the joys of motherhood, and the mundane disappointments of her marriage - though now empty nesting, it's harder to pretend she doesn't still yearn for adventures, and the chance she hadn't taken.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut all three will be drawn together again as their secrets spill out in the face of a threat: a dangerous, enigmatic group is looking for a magical book that was stolen decades ago. And they are willing to kill to get it back. . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lundquist, Jennifer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67614996168958,"sku":"9781250366993","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0556\/1532\/4335\/files\/Book_of_Lost_Chances.png?v=1790742380","url":"https:\/\/wanderingraccoonbooks.com\/products\/9781250366993","provider":"Wandering Raccoon Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}