{"product_id":"9780702330926","title":"The Virtue Season","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Nathan, L.M. \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 04\/07\/2024,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780702330926,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \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\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":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43505458872364,"sku":"9780702330926","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780702330926.jpg?v=1718314859","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780702330926","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}