{"product_id":"9780241573297","title":"Emilie Pine - Ruth \u0026 Pen","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Emilie Pine. Themes include Fiction, Literary, Coming of Age, Women, Family Life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brilliant debut novel from Emilie Pine, author of the international bestseller Notes To Self\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dublin, 7 October 2019\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e One day, one city, two women: Ruth and Pen. Neither known to the other, but both asking themselves the same questions: how to be with others and how, when the world doesn't seem willing to make space for them, to be with themselves?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ruth's marriage to Aidan is in crisis. Today she needs to make a choice - to stay or not to stay, to take the risk of reaching out, or to pull up the drawbridge.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For teenage Pen, today is the day the words will flow, and she will speak her truth to Alice, to ask for what she so desperately wants.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Deeply involving, poignant and radiantly intelligent, it is a portrait of the limits of grief and love, of how we navigate our inner and outer landscapes, and the tender courage demanded by the simple, daily quest of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58036357595510,"sku":null,"price":6.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780241573297.jpg?v=1780746494","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780241573297","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}