{"product_id":"amateur-trade-paperback","title":"Amateur (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Sharply funny, beautifully told and so moving on the way life can upend itself in a single moment. I adored it' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCLARE LESLIE HALL, author of BROKEN COUNTRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Impossible to put down' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGILLIAN McALLISTER, author of WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1978\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"replace_description\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- with devastating, unpredictable consequences for her family, her neighbours and friends, and Mira herself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"replace_description\"\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?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"replace_description\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMesmerizing and darkly funny,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Amateur\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eunravels 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Bohjalian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47615187091634,"sku":"9781529996562","price":395.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781529996562.jpg?v=1784033501","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/amateur-trade-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}