{"product_id":"topics-of-conversation-by-miranda-popkey-9781788164054","title":"Topics of Conversation","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is the shape of a life? Is it the things that happen to us? Or is it the stories we tell about the things that happen to us?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the coast of the Adriatic to the salt spray of Santa Barbara, the narrator of \u003ci\u003eTopics of Conversation\u003c\/i\u003e maps out her life through two decades of bad relationships, motherhood, crisis and consolation. The novel unfurls through a series of conversations - in private with friends, late at night at parties with acquaintances, with strangers in hotel rooms, in moments of revelation, shame, cynicism, envy and intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSizzling with enigmatic desire, Miranda Popkey's debut novel is a seductive exploration of life as a woman in the modern world, of the stories we tell ourselves and of the things we reveal only to strangers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46534164644076,"sku":"9781788164054","price":23.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/18169583482824.jpg?v=1749416371","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/topics-of-conversation-by-miranda-popkey-9781788164054","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}