{"product_id":"ripeness-by-sarah-moss-9781529035520","title":"Ripeness","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1960s Italy, a family secret rips a teenage girl's world apart, only for her to discover its true meaning decades later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Moss makes every moment count'\u003c\/em\u003e - The Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'A book of lasting pleasures'\u003c\/em\u003e - Eleanor Catton\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'Powerful and beautifully written'\u003c\/em\u003e - The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust out of school and teetering on the brink of adulthood, Edith is sent alone to rural Italy. Her task is simple: support her sister Lydia, a brilliant but brittle ballet dancer, through the final weeks of her pregnancy. Once the baby is born, she is to make a phone call that will change all of their lives forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDecades later, Edith is living a contented life in Ireland, happily divorced and unexpectedly free. But when her friend Méabh receives an email from a stranger claiming to be her brother, everything shifts. As Méabh confronts a history she never knew she had, Edith must finally face the truth of that long-ago summer, and the secret she has carried for a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Tender and rueful'\u003c\/em\u003e - Emma Donoghue\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'A delicious novel'\u003c\/em\u003e - Literary Review\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'Sublime . . . glorious'\u003c\/em\u003e - Vogue\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'Luminous'\u003c\/em\u003e - Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e'Beautifully crafted . . . absorbing and moving'\u003c\/em\u003e - Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47900904947948,"sku":"9781529035520","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529035520-ripeness.jpg?v=1783435292","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/ripeness-by-sarah-moss-9781529035520","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}