{"product_id":"9781787335592","title":"Parallel Lines","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Edward St Aubyn\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) | Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003e May 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Jonathan Cape Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 272 pages \u003cbr\u003e242mm x 160mm x 23mm | 466g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA brother and sister lost and found, in a novel that seizes your heart and enthrals your mind, from the author of the Patrick Melrose series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* The Orwell Prize Finalist 2025 *‘We set off in opposite directions and walked around the world until we met, and I’m very pleased we have…’It is summer. Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him with a fragile hold on reality and a hunger to connect with the mother who abandoned him. His therapist, Martin, also faces challenges, including his adopted daughter Olivia’s tenuous relationship with her biological mother. Olivia, meanwhile, is producing a radio series on natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver a year, their fates collide in outrageous and poignant ways, revealing their destinies in a new light. Parallel Lines is a novel about connection, family, love, and the cascading consequences of our choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR EDWARD ST AUBYN:‘Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation’ ALAN HOLLINGHURST‘I love Edward St Aubyn’DONNA TARTT‘Nothing can prepare you for the rich, acerbic comedy of St Aubyn’s world’ZADIE SMITH\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55340988170615,"sku":"9781787335592","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781787335592.jpg?v=1750432274","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781787335592","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}