{"product_id":"partita","title":"Partita","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when Livia starts her college music scholarship it feels as if a new life might begin. Immersing 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":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Partita by Barbara Kingsolver","offer_id":57353162457463,"sku":"9780571404711","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/4699\/3236\/files\/9780571404711.jpg?v=1785932431","url":"https:\/\/kibworthbooks.com\/products\/partita","provider":"Kibworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}