{"product_id":"the-amateur-by-chris-bohjalian-9781529996562","title":"The Amateur","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mesmerizing and darkly funny new novel from the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Flight Attendant\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMidwives\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Sharply funny, beautifully told and so moving on the way life can upend itself in a single moment. I adored it' - Clare Leslie Hall, author of Broken Country\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Impossible to put down' - Gillian McAllister, author of Wrong Place Wrong Time\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1978. In the sleepy New York suburb of Tallmadge, eighteen-year-old Mira Winston is beguiling, talented, and full of youthful recklessness. She spends her summer perfecting her swing at her parents' country club - and continuing her long-running affair with her father's golf buddy, a married man twice her age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen, one August afternoon, a freak accident occurs, and Mira's classmate Kenny is killed. In the days and years that follow, the events of that day become inextricably tied to the choices she has made - with devastating, unpredictable consequences for her family, her neighbours and friends, and Mira herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe is forced to ask: what happens when one small moment - the swing of a golf club, a stolen kiss, a hastily written note - changes the course of an entire life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMesmerizing and darkly funny, \u003cem\u003eThe Amateur\u003c\/em\u003e unravels against a backdrop of white-picket-fenced streets, university dorm rooms, smoke-filled restaurants, and elegant country clubs. Turning a sharp eye to the American middle class, it is a hypnotic tale of power, morality, and the weight of blame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47638498935020,"sku":"9781529996562","price":31.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529996562-the-amateur.jpg?v=1779072589","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-amateur-by-chris-bohjalian-9781529996562","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}