{"product_id":"the-awkward-age-9780399576461","title":"The Awkward Age","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A very smart, soulful, compelling, elegantly written domestic novel about a wedged-together family, and what can go wrong when teenage children decide they have minds (and hormones) of their own.\" \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eNick Hornby \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A spry and accomplished comedy of manners.” \u003ci\u003e—The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e“They've chosen the one thing that will make our family life impossible. It's genius really, when you think about it. It's the perfect sabotage.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJulia Alden has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. American obstetrician James is everything she didn't know she wanted--if only her teenage daughter, Gwen,  didn't hate him so much. Uniting two households is never easy, but when Gwen turns for comfort to James's seventeen-year-old son, Nathan, the consequences will test her mother's loyalty and threaten all their fragile new happiness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a moving and powerful novel about the modern family: about starting over; about love, guilt, and generosity; about building something beautiful amid the mess and complexity of what came before. It is a story about standing by the ones we love, even while they make mistakes. We would give anything to make our children happy. But how much should they ask?","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62242317435267,"sku":"9780399576461","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780399576461.jpg?v=1785398335","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-awkward-age-9780399576461","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}