{"product_id":"june-baby-by-shannon-garvey-9781035451005","title":"June Baby","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this moving debut novel set over one transformative summer in the lush, beachy enclave of Block Island, a young woman reckons with love, loss and a startling secret. A transporting summer read for fans of \u003ci\u003eInto the Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, Lily King, \u003ci\u003eThe Paper Palace\u003c\/i\u003e, Elin Hilderbrand and \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding People\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A novel about grief and first love... tender and precise' \u003cb\u003eCoco Mellors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The book of the summer. It has everything I want in a beach read: juicy romance, explosive family secrets, and a delicious island setting' \u003cb\u003eElin Hilderbrand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Sun-drenched... a glittering debut' \u003cb\u003eJenny Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A love letter to summer romance' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe first summer Ruth arrives on Block Island, she is seventeen, her mother is dead and she has nothing in her pocket but a receipt scrawled with the name Diana Beckett. Diana, a renowned photographer, takes Ruth in, and the island becomes the refuge she returns to each June. It is a place to grieve, to write - and to fall in love for the first time, with Diana's nephew Charlie.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow, ten years on, Diana dies suddenly and Ruth's world turns upside down once more. She goes to Block Island to admit her feelings to Charlie - but he has his own revelation to share. And when Ruth receives a box left to her in Diana's will, its contents raise questions about just how well she knew the two women who raised her...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSalt-kissed and moving, \u003ci\u003eJune Baby\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender slow burn about love, grief and the crossroads of life, set against a backdrop of golden dunes and fading sunsets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48234924703980,"sku":"9781035451005","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781035451005-june-baby-1.jpg?v=1787811864","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/june-baby-by-shannon-garvey-9781035451005","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}