{"product_id":"import-c21a5a62-39d2-438e-8223-914602bc9255","title":"Partita: Author of Demon Copperhead, Double Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003ci\u003eTESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES \u003c\/i\u003eFOR THE 21ST CENTURY\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'SUBTLE, UNDENIABLE, AND THEN FULL-ON BLAZING' \u003c\/b\u003e- RACHEL JOYCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A VIRTUOSIC PERFORMANCE\u003c\/b\u003e' - \u003ci\u003eTHE FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'PROFOUND . . . I WAS GRIPPED BY IT, UTTERLY' \u003c\/b\u003e- KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'FULL OF PATHOS, WISDOM AND HUMOUR' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eTHE SPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN'\u003c\/b\u003e - BONNIE GARMUS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou've taken Demon to your hearts, prepare for another 'emotionally raw, riotously entertaining' read as you meet Livia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA song without any answer in it? That's the sound of waiting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLivia Bohusz misses her brother, Cyrus. Unmoored by his death, and the stifling silence of the family farm, eleven-year-old Livia has no choice but to survive. Her only solace: music, an escape in the quiet rapture piano practice brings. The promise of a new life her talent offers, intoxicating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when Livia starts her college music scholarship 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, as the smell of reviving grass and crocuses and the sounds of songbirds fill the air, Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, muscles you wouldn't miss in the rear view:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Who is that man?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of the greatest writers alive comes Livia's story, \u003ci\u003ePartita\u003c\/i\u003e, both a coming-of-age narrative and an examination of midlife hopes and regrets, a novel as simple as love and longing, as touching, complex and finely tuned as the music it celebrates.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eREADERS LOVED \u003ci\u003ePARTITA:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'A VIRTUOSO WORTHY OF A STANDING OVATION'       \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'COMPELLING, EMOTIONALLY RICH, IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP READING'       \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'MY GOODNESS KINGSOLVER CAN WRITE'       \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A TRUE WORK OF ART. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE HELL OF A BOOK HANGOVER'      \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 352 pages | Published October 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66049037467916,"sku":"9780571404711","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780571404711.jpg?v=1793189523","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/import-c21a5a62-39d2-438e-8223-914602bc9255","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}