{"product_id":"amateur-the-3","title":"Amateur, The","description":"'Sharply funny, beautifully told and so moving on the way life can upend itself in a single moment. I adored it \u003cbr\u003eCLARE LESLIE HALL, author of BROKEN COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Effortless, emotional, gripping. The most propulsive novel I've read in ages'\u003cbr\u003eJENNY JACKSON, author of PINEAPPLE STREET, Stylist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Impossible to put down'\u003cbr\u003eGILLIAN McALLISTER, author of WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMesmerizing and darkly funny, The Amateur 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR CHRIS BOHJALIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A terrific writer . . . I love all his books HARLAN COBEN\u003cbr\u003e Impossible to put down. Bohjalian just gets better and better JODI PICOULT\u003cbr\u003e A real page-turner DIANA GABALDON\u003cbr\u003e Everything Bohjalian writes is addictive NEW YORK POST\u003cbr\u003e One of our finest storytellers BOSTON GLOBE\u003cbr\u003e Twists the tension tight and keeps the surprises startling WALL STREET JOURNAL","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58509100024143,"sku":"9781529996562","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/amateur-the-3","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}