{"product_id":"images-in-a-mirror","title":"Images in a Mirror","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eImages in a Mirror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e is the story of Fru Hjelde, an actress who abandons in a burst of passion her successful career and marries a man with whom she had little in common. After the passing of ten years, Uni—as Fru Hjelde is called—finds that her husband and five children have become, not an impetus, but rather an intractable obstacle to a life of fulfillment. Eager for diversion, Uni finds the opportunity to expand her world after a chance encounter with a charming acquaintance from her past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eThe last of Undset’s modern background novels, \u003ci\u003eImages in a Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e takes the emotional trappings of a prosaic life and casts them in such light that they become visible for what they truly are: the signs and signals of the human heart seeking its ultimate desire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eImages in a mirror—is it any more than that? We sit here and feel around us shadows of the things that might have been and that might have made life rich for us both and given it a fullness which we now know it can never have.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSigrid Undset\u003c\/b\u003e (1882–1949) was a Norwegian novelist and essayist and a convert to Catholicism. Her work is renowned for its realism and poignancy, and she is best known for her three-volume novel \u003ci\u003eKristin Lavransdatter\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1928, Undset was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1950970650\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100027937135,"sku":"978-1950970650","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/Product20.jpg?v=1781124568","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/images-in-a-mirror","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}