{"product_id":"cocktail-by-lisa-alward-9781771965620","title":"Cocktail","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Longlisted for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Winner of the New Brunswick 2023 Mrs. Dunster's Award for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Fiction to Read in Fall 2023. AMiramichi Reader Best Book of 2023. ATyee Best Book of 2023.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A writer to watch.\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA girl receives a bedtime visit from a drunken party guest, who will haunt her fantasies for years. A young mother discovers underneath the wallpaper a striking portrait that awakens inconvenient desires. A divorced man distracts himself from the mess he's made by flirting with a stranger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese intimate, immersive stories explore life's watershed moments, in which seemingly insignificant details—a pot of hyacinths, a freshly painted yellow wall—and the most chance of encounters come to exert a tidal pull.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in the swinging sixties and each decade since, \u003ci\u003eCocktail\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the schism between the lives we build up around us and our deepest hidden selves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46711148347628,"sku":"9781771965620","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24699983482818.jpg?v=1754191137","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/cocktail-by-lisa-alward-9781771965620","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}