{"product_id":"like-9780593687987","title":"Like","description":"\u003cb\u003eAli Smith's \"beautifully written, precise, poetic\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e) debut that follows the briefly intertwined lives of two young women\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen we meet Amy Shone, she is a young parent struggling to raise Kate, a precocious eight-year-old. Amy is an enigma-a brilliant scholar who has forgotten how to read. She is estranged from her wealthy English parents and lives a nomadic life in Scotland, dragging Kate from one school to the next, barely scraping by. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd then there is Ash, a fiery Scottish actresss who cannot shake her demons-chief among them an unrequited passion for Amy that has obsessed her ever since they met as teenagers. \u003ci\u003eLike\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of two parallel lives that intersect briefly, then diverge. It is also a timeless evocation of adolescence and its agonizing anticipations, its contradictory yearnings for freedom and safety, its blind quest for mastery over pleasure and pain. Deftly constructed, passionately imagined, \u003ci\u003eLike \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable debut from a powerful talent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eALI SMITH\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many works of fiction, including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eCompanion Piece, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \"\u003ci\u003eSeasonal Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e,\" \u003ci\u003ePublic library and other stories\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHow to be both\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Costa Novel of the Year Award. Her work has four times been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Most recently, she won the George Orwell Prize for Fiction for \u003ci\u003eSummer\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Inverness, Scotland, she lives in Cambridge, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626747433234,"sku":"9780593687987","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_359208c9-e5a2-45b6-bccc-8deeae4cd5fd.jpg?v=1732667798","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/like-9780593687987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}