{"product_id":"partita-by-barbara-kingsolver","title":"Partita  by Barbara Kingsolver","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY' - THE TIMES'SUBTLE, UNDENIABLE, AND THEN FULL-ON BLAZING' - RACHEL JOYCE'A VIRTUOSIC PERFORMANCE' - THE FINANCIAL TIMES 'PROFOUND . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI WAS GRIPPED BY IT, UTTERLY' - KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE 'FULL OF PATHOS, WISDOM AND HUMOUR' - THE SPECTATOR'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN' - BONNIE GARMUS You've taken Demon to your hearts, prepare for another 'emotionally raw, riotously entertaining' read as you meet Livia. A song without any answer in it? That's the sound of waiting. Livia Bohusz misses her brother, Cyrus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnmoored by his death, and the stifling silence of the family farm, eleven-year-old Livia has no choice but to survive. Her only solace: music, an escape in the quiet rapture piano practice brings. The promise of a new life her talent offers, intoxicating.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when Livia starts her college music scholarship 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. Then 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:'Who is that man?'It is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom one of the greatest writers alive comes Livia's story, Partita, both a coming-of-age narrative and an examination of midlife hopes and regrets, a novel as simple as love and longing, as touching, complex and finely tuned as the music it celebrates. READERS LOVED PARTITA:'A VIRTUOSO WORTHY OF A STANDING OVATION' 'COMPELLING, EMOTIONALLY RICH, IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP READING'  'MY GOODNESS KINGSOLVER CAN WRITE' 'A TRUE WORK OF ART. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE HELL OF A BOOK HANGOVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Week Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57726986322295,"sku":"9780571404711","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1335\/9587\/files\/9780571404711.jpg?v=1794221936","url":"https:\/\/theweekbookshop.co.uk\/products\/partita-by-barbara-kingsolver","provider":"The Week Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}