{"product_id":"slanting-towards-the-sea","title":"Slanting Towards the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen years after divorcing the love of her life, Ivona has returned to her childhood home on Croatia's Adriatic coast to care for her aging father and salvage her family's crumbling finances. Once full of promise, her life now feels suspended between what was and what might have been. When she reconnects with her ex-husband, now happily married with children, old emotions resurface, forcing her to confront the choices that shaped her life and the possibility that the future may still hold unexpected paths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet against the luminous Croatian coastline and spanning two decades of personal and national transformation, \u003cem\u003eSlanting Towards the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is an emotionally rich debut about love, regret, ambition, and the fragile nature of potential. Lidija Hilje writes with remarkable tenderness and psychological insight, capturing the quiet heartbreak of unrealized dreams while celebrating the resilience required to begin again. Sweeping yet intimate, it is a deeply affecting novel about family, memory, and the enduring hope that change remains possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLidija Hilje is a Croatian novelist and certified book coach whose writing has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and other publications. After practicing law in Croatia for a decade, she turned to writing and mentoring authors. She lives in Zadar with her husband and two daughters. \u003cem\u003eSlanting Towards the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJuly 7, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e336\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary Fiction · Family Saga · Love \u0026amp; Relationships · Croatian Fiction · Coming-of-Age · Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781668078686\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276331671734,"sku":"9781668078686","price":26.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9781668078686.jpg?v=1784734049","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/slanting-towards-the-sea","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}