{"product_id":"levitation-for-beginners-a-deliciously-unsettling-read-clare-chambers-bestselling-author-of-small-pleasures-9781408707234","title":"Levitation for Beginners: 'a deliciously unsettling read’ Clare Chambers, bestselling author of Small Pleasures","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn 1972, Deborah is living a ten-year-old life, but new girl Sarah-Jayne breezes into school with gossip and speculation. Sonny, an eighteen-year-old brickie, starts an unlikely friendship with Deborah's mother. Deborah fears what Sarah-Jayne will make of her mum, so she changes tactics and keeps her friends close and her enemy closer. She is invited to Sarah-Jayne's house, where she meets her charming family and encounters Max, Sarah-Jayne's sister's fiance. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 04 April 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA captivating and heartwarming tale that will transport you back to the days of your childhood... with a steadily increasing voltage!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deliciously unsettling read\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLovely\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Gale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA sharp eye and keen wit are brought to bear on the secrets and lies of a small rural community—secrets and lies that may prove deadly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1972, and ten-year-old Deborah is living a ten-year-old life: butterscotch angel delight, Raleigh chopper bikes, Clunk Click, Crackajack, and Jackanory, Layla, and the Bee Gees, flares, and ponchos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut new girl Sarah-Jayne breezes into school, pretty as a picture and full of gossip and speculation, as well as unlikely but thrilling stories about levitation. The other girls are dazzled, but Deborah is wary and keeps her distance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat same week, eighteen-year-old brickie Sonny turns up on her doorstep with a stray tortoise and begins an unlikely friendship with her young widowed mum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat's bad enough, Deborah thinks, but then Sonny starts work on a site opposite the school, and Sarah-Jayne decides he's the latest love of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNothing escapes Sarah-Jayne, and Deborah fears what she'll make of her mum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's good to be different, her mum often says; but not, Deborah knows, too different.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo, Deborah changes tactics, keeping her friends close and her enemy closer, even stepping up for some of Sarah-Jayne's levitation sessions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen she's invited to Sarah-Jayne's lovely house, where she meets her charming family and encounters Sarah-Jayne's big sister's fiance, Max, which is when she senses that all isn't quite as it seems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders say:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuzannah Dunn is a master at dissecting the relationships that are closer than just friends, those love affairs we have with our oldest friends, the attachments we formed before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 474g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 162 x 242 x 27 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781408707234\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suzannah Dunn","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":45523667288314,"sku":"9781408707234","price":14.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1712316792544_book.jpg?v=1712393591","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/levitation-for-beginners-a-deliciously-unsettling-read-clare-chambers-bestselling-author-of-small-pleasures-9781408707234","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}