{"product_id":"9781399740869","title":"What a Time to Be Alive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Playful and witty' \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCecile Pin, author of \u003ci\u003eWandering Souls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Will go straight to your heart'\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eLucy Caldwell, author of \u003ci\u003eThese Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Reminiscent of the power and grace of writers like Rachel Cusk and Raven Leilani'\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eMolly Aitken, author of \u003ci\u003eBright I Burn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-one and friendless, Sickan arrives at Stockholm University utterly unprepared for adult life. After a chronically lonely childhood, the city represents a fresh start, a chance to finally make friends and the right kind of mistakes. And just as Sickan begins to fit in, she meets Abbe: beautiful, confident, charming - and by some miracle he wants her too. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tender and intelligent, \u003ci\u003eWhat A Time To Be Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about class, sex, loneliness, and the trials of young womanhood. About asking yourself the question: how much of myself am I willing to sacrifice to simply be normal?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jenny Mustard writes with honesty and wit about the strange, mundane, and wondrous aspects of youth'\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAysegül Savas, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sceptre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318024446325,"sku":"9781399740869","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781399740869.jpg?v=1782490700","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781399740869","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}