{"product_id":"before-we-were-strangersbooks","title":"Before We Were Strangers","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSweet Thing\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNowhere But Here\u003c\/i\u003e comes a love story about a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo the Green-eyed Lovebird:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWe met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYou called us fast friends. I like to think it was more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWe lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eYet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding…\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eI didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAfter seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eM","brand":"Carlino, Renée","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Adult Fiction)","offer_id":44710308544736,"sku":"","price":13.8,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_3c5b7ad1-a84a-45b0-8b4e-08f85eed5007.jpg?v=1706636870","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/before-we-were-strangersbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}