{"product_id":"nymph-by-sofia-montrone-9781923058873","title":"Nymph","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tale of ephemeral love set over two transformative summers at a hotel in the northern Italian countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Leo spends her mornings tidying the rooms of her nonna's time-worn Italian hotel, quietly accumulating the junk and treasures left behind by guests—a pearl earring, a lock of hair. Her nights are suffused with her father's liquor-spun tales of his childhood, mingled with stories of Greek heroes of old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYears later, over another hot, endless Italian summer, the hotel is one of the only things in Leo's life that has remained constant. An accident has knocked her family sideways; her brother Max is distant, and Nonna has grown frail. But then she meets Dolores, a young American woman who sets something alight in Leo that she didn't know existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHeat-soaked, sensual and steeped in an exquisite longing, \u003cem\u003eNymph\u003c\/em\u003e traverses the extraordinary pains, soaring pleasures and many metamorphoses it takes to finally grow up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Polished, economic, swift, smart, spiritual...a transcendent work of intelligence.' —Heidi Julavits, author of \u003cem\u003eDirections to Myself\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Montrone's lyrical prose is masterfully precise. \u003cem\u003eNymph\u003c\/em\u003e is a dazzling debut that captures the dizzying intensity of first love.' —Adam Wilson, author of \u003cem\u003eSensation Machines\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This shimmering gem of a novel invites you to re-experience that gut-punch feeling of youthful summer romance... \u003cem\u003eNymph\u003c\/em\u003e is a truly impressive debut.' —Anelise Chen, author of \u003cem\u003eClam Down\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418146619628,"sku":"9781923058873","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81B2jSgIMvL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774323044","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/nymph-by-sofia-montrone-9781923058873","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}