{"product_id":"parallel-lines-by-edward-st-aubyn-9781529953886","title":"Parallel Lines","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brother and sister lost and found, in a novel that seizes your heart and enthrals your mind, from the author of the \u003cem\u003ePatrick Melrose\u003c\/em\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation\u003c\/em\u003e - Alan Hollinghurst\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“We set off in opposite directions and walked around the world until we met, and I'm very pleased we have...”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him with a fragile hold on reality and a hunger to connect with the mother who abandoned him. His therapist, Martin, also faces challenges, including his adopted daughter Olivia's tenuous relationship with her biological mother. Olivia, meanwhile, is producing a radio series on natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver a year, their fates collide and each of their destinies is revealed in a marvellous new light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA tale of art and family...brimming with wordplay\u003c\/em\u003e - Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSentences that whoosh past like arrows... St Aubyn's talents are mighty\u003c\/em\u003e - New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI love Edward St Aubyn\u003c\/em\u003e - Donna Tartt\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47648328351980,"sku":"9781529953886","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529953886-parallel-lines.jpg?v=1779256565","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/parallel-lines-by-edward-st-aubyn-9781529953886","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}