{"product_id":"the-halt-during-the-chase","title":"The Halt During the Chase","description":"Sophie--a clever and charming young woman--is trying to get out from under her mother's thumb. She's in love with her childhood friend Philip (pragmatic, attractive, a bit of a bore), but she often worries that she loves him too much for her own good, and that he might only be another thumb to crawl under.\u003cbr\u003e Both a sincere bildungsroman of Sophie's attempt to seize a life for herself and a comic masterpiece with cutting observations and asides, \u003cem\u003eThe Halt During the Chase\u003c\/em\u003e is flutteringly alive as it discusses different forms of love, adulthood (\"Isn't buying new lampshades a form of slow death?\"), marriage, insecurity, and stifling British snobbery and classism. Sophie's voice, fueled by Tonks's acidic narration, evolves from thrashing about in various traps into a triumphant, croaky-throated liberation song.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48833678573773,"sku":"9780811237451","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_e1b7bdcb-de12-4253-83c7-a1504379725f.jpg?v=1790892785","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-halt-during-the-chase","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}