{"product_id":"the-amateur","title":"The Amateur","description":"\u003cp\u003e1978. 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\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\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\u003eMesmerizing and darkly funny, \u003cem\u003eThe Amateur\u003c\/em\u003e unravels 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 of power, morality, and the weight of blame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chris Bohjalian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49739191386264,"sku":"9781529996562","price":38.9,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/5193\/1032\/files\/Chris-Bohjalian-Amateur-Mrs-Blackwell-s-Village-Bookshop-Greytown-NZ.jpg?v=1787637486","url":"https:\/\/villagebookshop.co.nz\/products\/the-amateur","provider":"Mrs Blackwell's Village Bookshop Greytown","version":"1.0","type":"link"}