{"product_id":"laura-larry-watson","title":"Laura Larry Watson","description":"\u003cp\u003eFIRST EDITION. Hardcover in DJ in Good Condition. Ex-Library \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eLove captures Paul Finley, in, of all places, his own bedroom -- literally waking him from his dreams. The night he discovers Laura Pettit standing at his windowsill, Paul is eleven years old, a boy naturally inclined toward seriousness, precociously adept at the art of watching the world without being watched. Laura is twenty-two, a fiercely passionate and independent poet already experiencing the first flickers of fame, a beautiful woman on the brink of seducing Paul's father. No matter; Paul is smitten. When she leaves him to rejoin the grown-ups' party downstairs, Laura issues Paul a wholly impossible command, one that will haunt and consume both of them for the rest of their lives: \"Forget me.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaying bare the inner life of one man during the course of nearly four decades, Larry Watson delivers a riveting treatise on the excruciating power of love -- and two of the most remarkable characters in recent American literature. Infused with breathtaking pathos and delicate grace, \u003ci\u003eLaura\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary triumph of the novelist's art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ex Libris Used Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43767072719075,"sku":"EXL976","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/5675\/7951\/products\/2644835.jpg?v=1678902859","url":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismichigan.com\/products\/laura-larry-watson","provider":"Ex Libris Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}