{"product_id":"the-amateur","title":"The Amateur","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529996562\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA mesmerizing and darkly funny new novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT and MIDWIVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sharply funny, beautifully told and so moving on the way life can upend itself in a single moment. I adored it'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLARE LESLIE HALL, author of BROKEN COUNTRY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Effortless, emotional, gripping. The most propulsive novel I've read in ages'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJENNY JACKSON, author of PINEAPPLE STREET, \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Impossible to put down'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGILLIAN McALLISTER, author of WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1978\u003c\/b\u003e. In the sleepy New York suburb of Tallmadge, eighteen-year-old Mira Winston is beguiling, talented, and full of youthful recklessness. She spends her summer perfecting her swing at her parents' country club - and continuing her long-running affair with her father's golf buddy, a married man twice her age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, one August afternoon, a freak accident occurs, and Mira's classmate Kenny is killed. In the days and years that follow, the events of that day become inextricably tied to the choices she has made - with devastating, unpredictable consequences for her family, her neighbours and friends, and Mira herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe is forced to ask: what happens when one small moment - the swing of a golf club, a stolen kiss, a hastily written note - changes the course of an entire life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMesmerizing and darkly funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Amateur \u003c\/i\u003eunravels against a backdrop of white-picket-fenced streets, university dorm rooms, smoke-filled restaurants, and elegant country clubs. Turning a sharp eye to the American middle class, it is a hypnotic tale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41837334134917,"sku":"PR430492","price":43.6,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TT6M92FXLTR6.jpg?v=1788133347","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-amateur","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}