{"product_id":"coming-of-age-a-gripping-gretta-mulrooney-9781911021537","title":"COMING OF AGE a gripping novel of loss, friendship, love and growing up","description":"Gripping women's fiction about an unusual friendship between a teenage girl and an older woman. This absorbing novel will take you back to being thirteen again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A compelling novel of intrigue, growing up, and love for the wrong person by best-selling author Gretta Mulrooney \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Martina is a thirteen-year-old girl struggling to cope with the loss of her father. So her new friendship with the wealthy Cecelia Buchanan offers a lifeline. The older woman opens up Martina to a new world of elegance and beauty, and encourages her artistic talents. But Cecelia shares her flat with the handsome Luca, a younger man, whose motives are not always clear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is an intriguing and beautifully written novel about that moment in life when you realise that the adult world is not always what it seems, and all the joy and pain of first loss and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Great for people who like Hilary Boyd, Jodi Picoult, Anne Enright, or Elena Ferrante \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also by Gretta Mulrooney: OUT OF THE BLUE: Will going back to a past love end up destroying everything? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e THE LADY VANISHED: A brilliantly plotted tale of deceit and detection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e LOST CHILD: What happens when you take an orphaned child into your new family?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gretta Mulrooney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911021532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911021537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Joffe Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Gretta Mulrooney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937428177151,"sku":"9781911021537","price":9.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d62b94b7-ee92-4fc9-a67a-15afb7de9884.jpg?v=1681430006","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coming-of-age-a-gripping-gretta-mulrooney-9781911021537","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}