{"product_id":"the-doctor-and-the-diva-9780143119302","title":"The Doctor and the Diva","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Adrienne McDonnell\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by a true story--a breathtaking novel of romantic obsession, longing, and one woman's choice between motherhood and her operatic career calling\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1903, and Erika von Kessler has struggled for years to become pregnant. Resigned to childlessness, Erika--a talented opera singer and the wife of a prominent Boston businessman--secretly plans to move to Italy to pursue her musical career. The charismatic Doctor Ravell is a rising fertility specialist. When Erika becomes his patient, he is mesmerized by her elegance and extraordinary voice--and finds himself taking an impetuous risk that could ruin them both. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStunningly realized and inspired by Adrienne McDonnell's own family history, \u003ci\u003eThe Doctor and the Diva\u003c\/i\u003e moves from snowy Boston to the tropical forests of the Caribbean to the gilded balconies of Florence. It is searing historical fiction--a tale of opera, the indomitable power of romantic obsession, and a woman's irreconcilable desires as she is forced to choose between the child she has always yearned for and the artistic career she cannot live without. Fans of Ann Patchett's \u003ci\u003eBel Canto\u003c\/i\u003e and Nancy Horan's \u003ci\u003eLoving Frank\u003c\/i\u003e will be moved by this novel's bittersweet beauty.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408457785495,"sku":"9780143119302","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143119302.webp?v=1767309938","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-doctor-and-the-diva-9780143119302","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}