{"product_id":"madame-sosostris-and-the-festival-for-the-brokenhearted-9781635425284","title":"Madame Sosostris and the Festival for the Brokenhearted","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this modern fable with the impish magic of \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night's Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, a masked ball makes two upper-class British couples see each other in a new light. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA wise, enchanting novel about love, power, and our many selves--past and future, public and private--from the Booker Prize-winning author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are organizations for people who grieve, for alcoholics and other kinds of addicts. But if you've been devastated by the love of your life walking out on you, where the hell do you go?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the 20th anniversary of the day her first husband left her, Viv decides to host an unconventional party for those burned by love. She successfully ropes in her reluctant second husband, Alan, and their friends Beatrice and Stephen, and when she meets the famed fortuneteller Madame Sosostris--last seen in T. S. Eliot's \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e, and rumored to be the secret to success of 5 prime ministers--she believes she's found the perfect act to headline her masquerade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a sacred wood in the south of France, the partygoers disguise themselves and wait eagerly for the great clairvoyant, who might be able to mend their broken pasts and brighten their futures. But the night soon goes awry, in a comically revealing way that causes our couples to question their relationships and the direction of their lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Okri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.7lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781635425284","brand":"Other Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43446816768137,"sku":"9781635425284","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_4659bed0-f5d0-463f-aa3d-2020a6f7d774.jpg?v=1741681992","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/madame-sosostris-and-the-festival-for-the-brokenhearted-9781635425284","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}