{"product_id":"morality-tale-isbn-9781582434810","title":"Morality Tale","description":"When 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.\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.","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304450052325,"sku":"NP9781582434810","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781582434810.jpg?v=1767732962","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/morality-tale-isbn-9781582434810","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}