{"product_id":"your-life-without-me-by-james-meek-9781837262625","title":"Your Life Without Me","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn explosive modern novel from the award-winning writer of \u003cem\u003eThe People's Act of Love\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMr Burman is unmoored. Still reckoning with the death of his wife Ada, and struggling to understand his grown-up daughter Leila, he finds himself on a train to London, at the invitation of the police.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe is to meet Raf, a young man suspected of trying to blow up St Paul's cathedral - and a man once intimately connected with the Burman family. Have the police laid a trap?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCompelling and compassionate, this novel follows Mr Burman's journey towards the mystery of a radical act and into the true nature of his own family. It asks what a person leaves behind when they've gone, and how much of the past we can carry with us into the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA novel with telling things to say about consumer culture, architecture, marriage, radicalism and the mistakes parents make . . . The novel is also a potent tale about the unknowability of people and what loved ones leave behind when they are gone.\u003c\/em\u003e - Independent, Novel of the Month\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEngrossing and compassionate . . . Meek's fine novel is itself a provocation; tragic, humbling and rejuvenating all at once.\u003c\/em\u003e - Financial Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47497038397676,"sku":"9781837262625","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781837262625-your-life-without-me.jpg?v=1775800983","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/your-life-without-me-by-james-meek-9781837262625","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}