{"product_id":"the-shape-of-almost-nicole-pigeon","title":"The Shape of Almost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome lines are crossed long before the first kiss.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if the person who makes you feel most alive isn't the person you've promised to love forever?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElena Thompson has a good life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA career she loves. A husband who knows her better than anyone. A marriage built on years of tenderness, familiarity, and choosing each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe isn't unhappy. She isn't looking for an escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd then there's Michael.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA fellow academic with an infuriatingly brilliant mind, an easy understanding of her silences, and a way of making the most ordinary conversations feel dangerously intimate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt starts with books. Coffee. Lingering glances. Conversations that last a little too long.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNothing has happened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo why does it already feel like betrayal?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs friendship becomes longing and longing becomes something neither of them can pretend away, Elena finds herself caught between the love she has and the life she can't stop imagining.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut desire has consequences, even when it begins as a secret. And the closer Elena gets to crossing the line, the more she risks losing the person who has always been standing beside her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause sometimes the most devastating love stories aren't about choosing between two people. They're about discovering who you become when every choice costs you something.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Shape of Almost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a haunting, emotionally layered literary novel about forbidden longing, fractured trust, marriage, identity, and the impossible space between what is and what could have been.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor readers who crave aching slow burns, morally complicated characters, atmospheric university settings, and stories that linger long after the final page.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ember \u0026 Ink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44737235025998,"sku":"9781997554523","price":42.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0622\/6011\/7582\/files\/9781997554523-Perfect.jpg?v=1793366408","url":"https:\/\/storyseedpress.com\/fr\/products\/the-shape-of-almost-nicole-pigeon","provider":"Story Seed Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}