{"product_id":"the-optimist-by-sophie-kipner-9781783525584","title":"The Optimist","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow to Build a Girl\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eFleabag\u003c\/em\u003e in this sparkling novel about coming of age and the agony of modern relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Tabitha Gray, a delusional girl from Topanga, California, who redefines what it means to be a truly hopeless romantic. Tabby suffers from an aggressive strain of cock-eyed optimism—no amount of failure, embarrassment or humiliation can dent her fierce belief that real, true, lasting love is just around the corner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhere most people think, fantasise and dream, Tabby says, feels and does. Whether waiting in her lingerie for Harrison Ford to open the door of his hotel room; following Al Pacino around a Russian bathhouse; seeking passion with a blind man on the advice of a wise old woman with dementia; or sending intimate photos to a random sexter with an apparently charming dick, Tabby refuses to be crushed by her many misadventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this warmly witty novel, Sophie Kipner takes a satirical look at the extremity of romantic desperation and pays tribute to the deep human need to keep on heroically searching for love despite our many absurdities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47600018325740,"sku":"9781783525584","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f1d9fec969482a427cf255a9857063a6.jpg?v=1778021437","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-optimist-by-sophie-kipner-9781783525584","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}