{"product_id":"tom-lake","title":"Tom Lake","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * THE NO. 1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER *\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA REESE WITHERSPOON AND BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e'A new Ann Patchett novel is always cause for celebration ... and \u003ci\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is one of her best' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'This comforting summer read has it all ... Young love, sibling rivalry and deep mother-daughter relationships' \u003cb\u003eREESE WITHERSPOON\u003c\/b\u003e'Filled with the moments I live for in a story' \u003cb\u003eBONNIE GARMUS, author of \u003ci\u003eLessons in Chemistry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'One of the most beloved authors of her generation' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e-----------------------------\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a story about Peter Duke who went on to be a famous actor.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis is a story about falling in love with Peter Duke who wasn't famous at all.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's about falling so wildly in love with him - the way one will at twenty-four - that it felt like jumping off a roof at midnight.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere was no way to foresee the mess it would come to in the end.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e It's spring and Lara's three grown daughters have returned to the family orchard. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the one story they've always longed to hear - of the film star with whom she shared a stage, and a romance, years before.\u003ci\u003eTom Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents lead before their children are born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart.\u003cb\u003e'One of our greatest living chroniclers of love and marriage ... Expect wonder; Patchett always delivers'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eELLE\u003c\/i\u003e-----------------------------\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Dutch House:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e 'The best book I've read in years' Rosamund Lupton 'Her finest novel yet' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e 'The buzz around \u003ci\u003eThe Dutch House\u003c\/i\u003e is totally justified. Her best yet, which is saying something' John Boyne 'A masterpiece' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Bliss' Nigella Lawson\u003ci\u003eThe Dutch House was a Sunday Times top 10 bestseller w\/e 28.09.19\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43583537512645,"sku":"","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/Tom_20Lake.jpg?v=1716638011","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/tom-lake","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}