{"product_id":"9780571404711-partita","title":"Partita","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor of Demon Copperhead, Double Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[Kingsolver] reminds us that a novel can be wildly entertaining and still have a social conscience' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, '100 Best Books of the 21st Century' (on \u003ci\u003eDemon Copperhead\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou've taken Demon to your hearts, prepare for another 'emotionally raw, riotously entertaining' read as you meet Livia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere's my question: How does a person step in front of a train and leave everything right there?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLivia Bohusz misses her big brother, Cyrus. But since the day he took his own life, a day that changed everything, eleven-year-old Livia has also known she has no choice but to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer solace is music. A gifted pianist, Livia's only escape is the quiet rapture it brings as she practises, so when Livia starts college as a music major and scholarship prodigy, it feels as if a new life might begin. Immersing herself in her passions in a world where she excels, even as she struggles to fit in with more urbane classmates, she glimpses the possibilities of a life beyond the farm and her parents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen one springtime, as the smell of reviving grass and crocuses, and the sounds of songbirds fill the air, Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, muscles you wouldn't miss in the rear view:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Who is that man?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders love Barbara Kingsolver:\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Barbara Kingsolver's way with words is beyond description!'\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'That's the magic of Barbara Kingsolver I guess - to make you laugh in one line and then absolutely wreck you in the next. What a genius'\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I love Kingsolver because I never know where she will go next but it will always be somewhere that I've never been before'\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Barbara Kingsolver has an understanding of the human condition and the abuses inflicted by an unjust society upon those who do not deserve that'\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A trademark ability to tell a story with empathy'\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'One of those writers who somehow can produce writing that sounds as natural as talking and yet that somehow comes out as poetry'\u003cbr\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Kingsolver is a magician with words'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57731667951990,"sku":"9780571404711","price":14.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41515467.jpg?v=1780539684","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571404711-partita","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}