{"product_id":"western-lane","title":"Western Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautiful and evocative novel about grief, about growing up, about losing and winning. The people and places in this book will stay with me for a long time.' - Sally Rooney, author of \u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003eBest Paperback of the Year\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the William Hill Award\u003cbr\u003eA BBC Arts \u0026amp; The Reading Agency's Big Sporting Read selection\u003cbr\u003eSelected by Dua Lipa as one of Service95's 'Books of the Year'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deeply moving novel about grief, sisterhood and a teenage girl's struggle to transcend herself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters. Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut on the court, she is not alone. She is with her pa. She is with Ged, a thirteen-year-old boy with his own formidable talent. She is with the players who have come before her. She is in awe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable coming-of-age story, Chetna Maroo's \u003ci\u003eWestern Lane\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of the closeness of sisterhood, the immigrant experience, and the collective overcoming of grief.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 'Book of the Year' in \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Week\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With this gorgeous debut, Maroo blows most of the competition off the court.' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Stunning . . . Spare, tender, brilliantly achieved' - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 176 pages | Published February 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63867560100189,"sku":"9781529094640","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781529094640.jpg?v=1773596756","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/western-lane","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}