{"product_id":"emma-recommends-partita-barbara-kingsolver","title":"Emma recommends... Partita - Barbara Kingsolver","description":"\u003cp\u003eEmma says... \u003cem\u003ePartita \u003c\/em\u003eis the story of one woman at two stages in her life, both of which are defined by love and music but in very different ways. From a youth marked by consuming passion and terrible tragedy to a midlife defined (positively) by contentment and compromise, Livia's life is a testament to the incredible gift, joy, and necessity that is art and what it means to practice and participate in your chosen form - wherever, however, and whoever you are. A quiet but deep and rich novel, with the stylish prose and social conscience we've come to expect from Kingsolver. Another winner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e---\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA song without any answer in it? That's the sound of waiting.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLivia Bohusz misses her brother, Cyrus. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnmoored by his death, and the stifling silence of the family farm, eleven-year-old Livia has no choice but to survive. Her only solace: music, an escape in the quiet rapture piano practice brings. The promise of a new life her talent offers, intoxicating. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when Livia starts her college music scholarship it feels as if a new life might begin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImmersing herself in her passions in a world where she excels, even as she struggles to fit in with more urbane classmates, she glimpses the possibilities of a life beyond the farm and her parents. Then one springtime, as the smell of reviving grass and crocuses and the sounds of songbirds fill the air, Livia catches a glimpse of shirt sleeves rolled to the elbow, muscles you wouldn't miss in the rear view: 'Who is that man?' It is a question Livia may come to wish she had never asked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom one of the greatest writers alive comes Livia's story, \u003cem\u003ePartita\u003c\/em\u003e, both a coming-of-age narrative and an examination of midlife hopes and regrets, a novel as simple as love and longing, as touching, complex and finely tuned as the music it celebrates. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collected","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57602174714236,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/5662\/2637\/files\/9780571404711_Partita.jpg?v=1791382849","url":"https:\/\/collectedbooks.co.uk\/products\/emma-recommends-partita-barbara-kingsolver","provider":"Collected","version":"1.0","type":"link"}