{"product_id":"partita","title":"Partita","description":"\u003cp\u003e FROM THE GLOBAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou've taken Demon to your hearts, prepare for another 'emotionally raw, riotously entertaining' read as you meet Livia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere's my question: How does a person step in front of a train and leave everything right there?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLivia Bohusz misses her big brother, Cyrus. But since the day he took his own life, a day that changed everything, eleven-year-old Livia has also known she has no choice but to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer solace is music. A gifted pianist, Livia's only escape is the quiet rapture it brings as she practises. The promise of a new life her talent might offer is intoxicating, a life away from the stifling silence that has enveloped the farm since Cyrus' death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Livia starts college as a music major and scholarship prodigy, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen one springtime, the smell of reviving grass and crocuses and the sounds of songbirds fill the air, and Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, muscles you wouldn't miss in the rear view:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho is that man?'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePartita \u003c\/em\u003eis Livia's story: It is a tale of thwarted ambitions, accumulated pain, of newfound hope, unexpected love, and endless resilience. It is as compelling and profound as the pieces Livia has mastered, and as heart-rending and engrossing as the music that makes, breaks and mends her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbara Kingsolver","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67650941911192,"sku":"9780571404728","price":38.9,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/5193\/1032\/files\/Barbara-Kingsolver-Partita-Mrs-Blackwell-s-Village-Bookshop-Greytown-NZ-2.jpg?v=1791257946","url":"https:\/\/villagebookshop.co.nz\/products\/partita","provider":"Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop Greytown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}