{"product_id":"9780702330926","title":"The Virtue Season","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Nathan, L.M. \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 13 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 July 2024 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 25 | 238g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world didn't end all at once but drip by drip...“An\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eutterly compelling dystopia...A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esimply stunning debut.” - Kat Ellis, author of Harrow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLake“The must-have book of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe season for those who enjoy their dystopia wrapped in romance.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Bex Hogan, author of Viper “Immersive,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeautifully written and achingly romantic,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI state my preference for this gorgeous dystopian debut.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Sue Cunningham, author of Totally Deceased\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eManon Pawlak has just turned eighteen, a debutant at the start\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the Virtue Season: a process that will result in a match with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea suitable genetic mate. Her best friend, Agatha, has been decommissioned,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eforbidden to partake in the season and unite with the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eboy who has had her heart since they were children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Manon's mother wades out into the waters of Penn Vale with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estones sewn into the lining of her coat, Manon's genetic purity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis called into question and she's forced to rely on the fisherman's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eson, Wick, to keep her secret. But as they dance, the truth about\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etheir world starts to unravel, and Manon finds herself at the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecentre of it all. And the council is watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridgerton meets The Hunger Games with shades\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof The Handmaid's Tale and 1984\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs romantic as it is sinister and completely unputdownable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is L.M. Nathan's debut YA, almost 10 years in the making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand inspired by the countryside of rural Lancashire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing the ever-popular BookTok tropes of #forbiddenromance,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e#friendstolovers and #forcedproximity and themes of a woman's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eright to choose, a woman's right to her own body, totalitarianism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand how true love endures in even the darkest of places\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45727338463491,"sku":"9780702330926","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780702330926.jpg?v=1731330085","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9780702330926","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}