{"product_id":"the-italian-lover-isbn-9780316117654","title":"The Italian Lover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn exhilarating novel of romance, art, and food in Florence, featuring the beloved Margot Harrington, who graced Robert Hellenga's \u003ci\u003eThe Sixteen Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Margot Harrington's memoir about her discovery in Florence of a priceless masterwork of Renaissance erotica -- and the misguided love affair it inspired - is now, 25 years later, being made into a movie. Margot, with the help of her lover, Woody, writes a script that she thinks will validate her life. Of course their script is not used, but never mind -- happy endings are the best endings for movies, as Margot eventually comes to see.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the former convent in Florence where \u003ci\u003eThe Sixteen Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e -- now called \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Lover\u003c\/i\u003e - - is being filmed, Margot enters into a drama she never imagined, where her ideas of home, love, art, and aging collide with the imperatives of commerce and the unknowability of other cultures and other people.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891169063141,"sku":"NP9780316117654","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_a40e9873-cf21-4939-b676-16c22d6ea145.jpg?v=1773106325","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-italian-lover-isbn-9780316117654","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}