{"product_id":"9781911021537","title":"COMING OF AGE a gripping novel of loss, friendship, love and growing up","description":"Gripping women's fiction about an unusual friendship between a teenage girl and an older woman. This absorbing novel will take you back to being thirteen again. \u003cp\u003eA compelling novel of intrigue, growing up, and love for the wrong person by best-selling author Gretta Mulrooney \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMartina is a thirteen-year-old girl struggling to cope with the loss of her father. So her new friendship with the wealthy Cecelia Buchanan offers a lifeline. The older woman opens up Martina to a new world of elegance and beauty, and encourages her artistic talents. But Cecelia shares her flat with the handsome Luca, a younger man, whose motives are not always clear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an intriguing and beautifully written novel about that moment in life when you realise that the adult world is not always what it seems, and all the joy and pain of first loss and love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreat for people who like Hilary Boyd, Jodi Picoult, Anne Enright, or Elena Ferrante \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso by Gretta Mulrooney: \u003cbr\u003eOUT OF THE BLUE: Will going back to a past love end up destroying everything? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LADY VANISHED: A brilliantly plotted tale of deceit and detection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLOST CHILD: What happens when you take an orphaned child into your new family?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joffe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055105491184,"sku":"9781911021537","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911021537_p0.jpg?v=1763631096","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911021537","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}