{"product_id":"ruth-pen","title":"Ruth \u0026 Pen","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brilliant debut novel from Emilie Pine, author of the international bestseller NOTES TO SELF\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDublin, 7 October 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne day, one city, two women: Ruth and Pen. Neither known to the other, but both asking themselves the same questions: how to be with others and how, when the world doesn't seem willing to make space for them, to be with themselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuth's marriage to Aidan is in crisis. Today she needs to make a choice - to stay or not to stay, to take the risk of reaching out, or to pull up the drawbridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor teenage Pen, today is the day the words will flow, and she will speak her truth to Alice, to ask for what she so desperately wants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeeply involving, poignant and radiantly intelligent, it is a portrait of the limits of grief and love, of how we navigate our inner and outer landscapes, and the tender courage demanded by the simple, daily quest of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePage Count: 240 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImprint: Hamish Hamilton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: May 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780241573297\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"by Emilie Pine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39760042065975,"sku":"","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/8166\/2775\/products\/9780241573297.jpg?v=1653549607","url":"https:\/\/www.booketybookbooks.co.nz\/products\/ruth-pen","provider":"Bookety Book Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}