{"product_id":"9781529415131","title":"Violeta among the Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003esuddenly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI should have stayed at home, I should have stayed at home, I should have stayed at home, for some time, seconds, hours, I can do nothing,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003esuddenly I stop\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVioleta is driving along a lonely stretch of late-night motorway, in the midst of a fearsome storm. When her tired eyes close for just a second, her car veers off the road, rolls down a muddy embankment, over and over, and comes to rest on an empty stretch of sodden ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And as she lies amid the wreckage of her car, suspended between this world and the next, Violeta's life will quite literally flash before her eyes . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScenes from her past overlap with what happened right before the accident: her upbringing with her distant, critical mother; her father's mysterious double-life; her troubled relationship with her daughter; her life on the road as she drives between waxing product-selling appointments with breaks at motorway service stations, the abuse from other travellers mocking her size, the alcohol, the risky encounters with lorry drivers on filthy public toilet floors...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVioleta Among the Stars \u003c\/i\u003eweaves memories and feelings as Violeta reflects on her death, her life, her reality and her dreams. An astonishing portrait of a seemingly insignificant life, from one of Portugal's greatest living writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Portuguese by Angel Gurria-Quintana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith the support of the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41191683719320,"sku":"9781529415131","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/products\/9781529415131.jpg?v=1635169949","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529415131","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}