{"product_id":"loner-by-georgina-young-9781922330130","title":"Loner","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sharp and unlikely coming-of-age debut novel from Australia's Sally Rooney.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLoner\u003c\/em\u003e follows Lona, who spends her days developing photographs in the dark room of the art school she dropped out of, and her nights DJ-ing the roller disco at Planet Skate. She is in inexplicable, debilitating love with a bespectacled former classmate. She shares a comfortable, platonic love with her best friend Tab.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Lona's grandfather moves into her home, she finds herself bonding with him just as she watches his health decline. Upon being promoted to manager of checkout three at Coles, she argues for a demotion to trolley-girl. When she meets a bass-playing, cello-shredding, charming-as-all-hell suitor, she is bewildered by the idea of finding herself in a romantic relationship with another human being.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLona doesn't know what she wants, but she knows what she doesn't want — well, some of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46549879029996,"sku":"9781922330130","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11712423482872.jpg?v=1749932706","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/loner-by-georgina-young-9781922330130","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}