{"product_id":"bliss-paperback-15","title":"Bliss - 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\u003eElizabeth Gundy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShy and plain, Leona writes books on seventeenth century love poetry, but her own experience of love is meager. Her last affair, if you can call it that, was nine years ago. Into her barren world of manuscripts walks Bliss. He is one step from illiterate, a gap-toothed bumpkin, a hillbilly. And married. He is also physically beautiful, and he does not seem to know that Leona is not.\"His lips searched hers; her answer was urgent. She reveled in her need. Nine years . . . How could I have gone so long? It is a wonder I didn't rape the janitor . . . But I am raping the janitor. Soft kisses were pressed to her breast, and in the rush of her pleasure, she felt his tenderness. She had not waited nine years, she realized. She had waited all her life.\"Originally compared to Edith Wharton's \u003ci\u003eEthan Frome\u003c\/i\u003e and D. H. Lawrence's \u003ci\u003eLady Chatterly's Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBliss\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a movie starring Lynn Redgrave.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Gundy is the author of such highly praised novels as \u003ci\u003eBliss\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Disappearance of Gregory Pluckrose\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLove, Infidelity and Drinking to Forget\u003c\/i\u003e. She also coauthored the bestselling children's series Walter the Farting Dog. She is married to the writer William Kotzwinkle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 191\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267645849849,"sku":"9781497638136","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/ZPtxPGL1ug9781497638136.webp?v=1768868350","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/bliss-paperback-15","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}