{"product_id":"the-faithful-wife","title":"The Faithful Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Sigrid Undset\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Faithful Wife \u003c\/b\u003eis a marriage story. For sixteen years, Sigurd and Nathalie have been perfectly happy, enjoying good jobs and a comfortable living situation, and free of the duties of parenthood. Their marriage, in a word, conforms quite nicely to turn-of-the-century progressive ideals. This conventional tranquility is shattered by Sigurd’s quiet declaration of infidelity. Devastated, Nathalie stays true to her broadminded and tolerant values, resigning her claim to her husband and accepting the legally directed path of separation and eventual divorce. As the story unfolds, Nathalie finds—for all her education and material independence—that the bond of marriage is not so easily dissolved and that faithfulness yet has its part to play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSome people are faithful, Nathalie, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ebecause faithfulness is what they are in love with…\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn the hands of a lesser author than Sigrid Undset, the story of Sigurd and Nathalie could easily become the stuff of cheap propaganda. Instead, with the unpretentious authority and modest genius typical of her vision, Undset makes \u003ci\u003eThe Faithful Wife \u003c\/i\u003ea psychologically compelling and distinctly believable rendering of a tale as old as time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\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. Her other works include the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Wild Orchid \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Burning Bush\u003c\/i\u003e and the historical study \u003ci\u003eSaga of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1928, Undset was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1685951658\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100035899759,"sku":"978-1685951658","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--778.jpg?v=1781124760","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-faithful-wife","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}