{"product_id":"seen-paperback-2","title":"Seen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOllie Llewellyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Debut Novel from Ollie Llewellyn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Mitchell has spent twenty years being everything to everyone - wife, mother, caretaker, and quiet architect of a family that barely notices her. At forty-three, she feels like a ghost in her own life: present but invisible, needed but not truly known.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when she books a solo writing retreat to a small village in Normandy, it feels like the bravest - and most selfish - thing she has ever done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe arrives with a half-formed idea for a light romantic novella. What she finds instead changes everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a sun-warmed café table overlooking cobbled streets, she meets Jack - a quiet, unhurried man who notices things. Who listens when she talks. Who looks at her not as a function or a role, but as a person worth seeing. For the first time in years, Sarah feels visible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the days unfold, she writes with a freedom she thought she'd lost, falls deeper into a friendship she can't quite explain, and begins to understand the difference between being loved and being seen - between being useful and being known. But Jack carries a mystery, and the longer Sarah stays, the more she realises that some questions, once asked, cannot be unasked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeen is a tender, deeply moving novel about the invisible labour of women, the hunger to be truly known, and one woman's journey back to herself in the most unexpected of ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue and The Time Traveler's Wife - a story about love, loss, and the courage it takes to finally stop disappearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 310\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68367817310429,"sku":"9781919541105","price":27.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/8vbg205BL29781919541105.webp?v=1793418660","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/seen-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}