{"product_id":"lemon-by-kwon-yeo-sun-9781800241497","title":"Lemon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a murder story. It is the story of those left behind. \u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eThe Good Son\u003c\/i\u003e in this piercing psychological portrait of three women haunted by a brutal, unsolved crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 2002, Kim Hae-on was killed in what became known as the High School Beauty Murder. There were two suspects: Shin Jeongjun, who had a rock-solid alibi, and Han Manu, to whom no evidence could be pinned. The case went cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeventeen years pass without justice, and the grief and uncertainty take a cruel toll on her younger sister, Da-on, in particular. Unable to move on with her life, Da-on tries in her own twisted way to recover some of what she's lost, ultimately setting out to find the truth of what happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShifting between the perspectives of Da-on and two of Hae-on's classmates, \u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e ostensibly takes the shape of a crime novel. But identifying the perpetrator is not the main objective here: Kwon Yeo-sun uses this well-worn form to craft a searing, timely exploration of privilege, jealousy, trauma, and how we live with the wrongs we have endured and inflicted in turn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Discovering whodunnit isn't really the point here; \u003ci\u003eLemon\u003c\/i\u003e is a subtle, often intense meditation on the after-effects of violence' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Chilling, suspenseful and disconcerting... I couldn't put it down and read deep into the night until I finished it, with my heart hammering' \u003cb\u003eFrances Cha, author of \u003ci\u003eIf I Had Your Face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47461152915692,"sku":"9781800241497","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781800241497-lemon.jpg?v=1774958954","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/lemon-by-kwon-yeo-sun-9781800241497","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}