{"product_id":"jean","title":"Jean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGuardian \u003c\/em\u003eBook of the Day \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003eA debut to look out for in 2026 for the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStylist\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW97154807 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Foyles Top Ten Reads of February 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet over one hot summer, a startlingly assured debut about the kinds of love that break us and make us whole.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne afternoon in 1976, teenagers Jean and Tom share an almost imperceptible look across the grounds of Compton Manor, a boarding school for boys with problems. Their gaze marks a secret intimacy, one defined as much by violence as by friendship and desire. As the boys’ connection deepens, so too does the risk that surrounds it. Jean – son of a single mother, Jewish, on a scholarship, forever an outsider – wonders whether the relationship might offer a way out of a life marked by alienation. But what if the only true path to freedom is to disappear altogether?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpellbinding and evocative, \u003cem\u003eJean\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditative narrative of loss and escape distilled into the heartrending story of an intense and dangerous adolescent love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Jean","offer_id":45929429795013,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/9781917092722.png?v=1774999262","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/jean","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}