{"product_id":"morality-tale-paperback","title":"Morality Tale - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSylvia Brownrigg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen this novel's unnamed narrator meets the elusive but exciting Richard (an envelope salesman with a nice layman's line in Zen philosophies), he offers her a friendly escape from her dreary domestic life. Burdened by her husband's ongoing negotiations with his angry ex-wife, the strains of looking after two stepchildren, and the lingering ghost of her own past betrayals, she finds that the life of a \"second marryer\" leaves much to be desired. As their friendship develops, so grows the shadow cast over her marriage, and when they make a late, illicit bay crossing on a ferryboat, the story gathers momentum under California's Mount Tamalpais. There, in the fabled Golden State, Sylvia Brownrigg shows how even a layman's Zen can lead to some important revelations about the need to look forward, not back. Bristling with honesty and wit, \u003ci\u003eMorality Tale\u003c\/i\u003e explores the triangular complications that can befall a modern marriage and the tragicomic forces that surround them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Brownrigg\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a collection of stories, \u003ci\u003eTen Women Who Shook the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003ePages for You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Metaphysical Touch\u003c\/i\u003e. She has a degree in philosophy from Yale University and lives in Berkeley, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 8.2 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 07, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43749025579143,"sku":"9781582434810","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/NHQ1MzE3NTgzMzl6T3JjU0ptQkRqZz09.webp?v=1769025022","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/morality-tale-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}