{"product_id":"9781529155617-bon-vivant","title":"Bon Vivant","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the mid-1980s, Auckland university student Beatrice is on her first trip abroad. Noisy, cosmopolitan Sicily is a far cry from the isolated Maori community where Betty grew up. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut the biggest surprise is her friend Xabi’s charismatic brother, Giuseppe, fleeing Rome’s troubled queer scene. In smoky discotecas and cramped bedrooms, they fall headlong into a secretive romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack home, Betty struggles to maintain her fragile connection to Giuseppe over long-distance calls and separate lives. When his distance turns emotional as well as literal, Betty finds solace in Xabi’s flatmate, Linsh – an intense, attentive scientist who looks at her like she hung the moon… and who has his own reasons to dislike Giuseppe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecades later, all three must confront the decisions of their past, while navigating the sprawling present and the messiness of desire, family and ambition. Bon Vivant is a balm for our times; an ode to longing, romance and second chances perfect for fans of Kiran Millwood Hargrave's\u003ci\u003e Almost Life\u003c\/i\u003e and David Nicholls's \u003ci\u003eOne Day\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59004647473526,"sku":"9781529155617","price":15.82,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529155617-bon-vivant","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}