{"product_id":"consider-yourself-kissed-by-jessica-stanley-9781923058828","title":"Consider Yourself Kissed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA new edition of the unforgettable literary love story. \u003cem\u003eTruly lives up to the hype.\u003c\/em\u003e Diana Reid\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMother, writer, worker, sister, friend, citizen, daughter, (sort of) wife. If she could be one, perhaps she could manage. Trying to be all, she found she was none.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCoralie grew up in Australia but needed to escape some ghosts. Adrift in London, she meets witty, sexy, generous Adam—and his charming four-year-old daughter. Falling in love is fun. And then?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCoralie yearns for children of her own, and to become a writer. But her trips back to Australia change her perspective. Ten years on, something essential is missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this unforgettable story about what 'happily ever after' might truly mean, Jessica Stanley writes about life as we live it and reveals how our intimate dramas can get tangled up with the public events of our times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn honest, entertaining and intelligent portrait of a woman in love, \u003cem\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/em\u003e will capture your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/em\u003e is a love story like no other—charming, warm, heartfelt and funny but with a truly razor-like authenticity. I absolutely loved every moment and didn't want it to end! Liane Moriarty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis summer's must-read... A sparkly enjoyable romantic comedy like \u003cem\u003eOne Day\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNormal People\u003c\/em\u003e The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFresh and sparkling...This charming literary romance queries the endgame in romance fiction, the happily-ever-after, in a way that lingers. Age\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/em\u003e is a smart literary love story and an absorbing family drama. Jessica Stanley follows her characters over the years as they make their way in the private, intricate, fragile world they create for themselves, and in the always-changing larger world. This is a deeply appealing and winning novel. Meg Wolitzer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFabulous...It's clever, joyful, familiar and awkward, and so funny. Nina Stibbe, author \u003cem\u003eReasons to Be Cheerful\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSweet and tender. Pandora Sykes, author of \u003cem\u003eHow Do We Know We're Doing it Right?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUtterly brilliant—so astonishingly clever, but with a core of love. It's generous, it's hopeful, it's one of the very best grown-up love stories I have ever read. And wears its smartness so lightly, but it captures the strangeness of the past few years perfectly. I could not have adored it more. Daisy Buchanan, author of \u003cem\u003eHow to Be a Grown-up\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47269566578924,"sku":"9781923058828","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781923058828.jpg?v=1769980237","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/consider-yourself-kissed-by-jessica-stanley-9781923058828","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}