{"product_id":"parallel-lines-3","title":"Parallel Lines","description":"A brother and sister lost and found, in a novel that seizes your heart and enthrals your mind, from the author of the Patrick Melrose series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* The Orwell Prize Finalist 2025 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e We set off in opposite directions and walked around the world until we met, and I m very pleased we have \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is summer. Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him with a fragile hold on reality and a hunger to connect with the mother who abandoned him. His therapist, Martin, also faces challenges, including his adopted daughter Olivia s tenuous relationship with her biological mother. Olivia, meanwhile, is producing a radio series on natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver a year, their fates collide in outrageous and poignant ways, revealing their destinies in a new light. Parallel Lines is a novel about connection, family, love, and the cascading consequences of our choices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR EDWARD ST AUBYN:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation \u003cbr\u003eALAN HOLLINGHURST\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e I love Edward St Aubyn \u003cbr\u003eDONNA TARTT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nothing can prepare you for the rich, acerbic comedy of St Aubyn s world \u003cbr\u003eZADIE SMITH\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58574680326479,"sku":"9781787335608","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781787335608_1-parallel-lines.jpg?v=1787811823","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/parallel-lines-3","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}