{"product_id":"lake-effect-cynthia-daprix-sweeney-9780008799441","title":"Lake Effect","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE NEST, a stunning new novel about adultery, first love and other family secrets...'Sparkling... a joyful classic in the making' JENNY JACKSON, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I could not put it down!' SHELBY VAN PELT, author of Remarkably Bright Creatures\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e It's 1977 and an air of restlessness has settled on the residents of Cambridge Road in Rochester, New York. When Nina Larkin is given a copy of The Joy of Sex by her newly divorced friend, she can no longer dismiss the nearly non-existent intimacy of her marriage. Just as her oldest child, Clara, is falling in love for the first time, Nina finds herself longing for the forbidden: a midlife awakening. An intoxicating fling with a neighbour brings Nina a freedom she never thought possible-but also risks the reputations of both families and unravels Clara's world, just as she stands on the threshold of adulthood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYears later Clara, now a successful food stylist in New York City, has never been able to move past the long-ago scandal. Drawn back home by the pull of a family wedding and wrestling with her own demons, she makes a pivotal decision that turns her life upside down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's signature humour and insight, LAKE EFFECT is a wise and probing look at love and desire, mothers and daughters, loss and grief, and what we owe the people we love most.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":48643333980403,"sku":"9780008799441","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780008799441.jpg?v=1773896815","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/lake-effect-cynthia-daprix-sweeney-9780008799441","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}