{"product_id":"bitter-melon-9780349702988","title":"Bitter Melon","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Liv Little pulls you into a world where the characters feel like everyone you've ever known, loved and learned. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBitter Melon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is deftly written, full of heart and human nature's complexities.'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCandice Carty-Williams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hotly anticipated second novel from Liv Little, founder of gal-dem and author of \u003ci\u003eRosewater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJalissa and her dad aren't close, but when he invites her to Jamaica, his homeland, for the first time, she says yes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe's running from heartbreak and a loss of her own; he's running out of time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs they travel through sun-drenched towns and navigate tangled family roots, old wounds open and long-held silences begin to break. They're both trying to outrun something-but along the way, they cross paths with people whose stories shift their own, helping them face the past, reckon with the present and reimagine what comes next.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBitter Melon\u003c\/i\u003e is a tender, funny, heart-bruised road trip into memory, mortality and the fierce, fragile love between a daughter and the father she's still learning to understand.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA beautiful, tender story about the relationship between a father and daughter, the meaning of home, and finding your way back to yourself. \u003c\/b\u003eLittle captures Jamaica, forever home to me, so beautifully. Thank you for taking me there.' Shani Akilah\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'So moving and \u003cb\u003eunguarded and beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e. I didn't want to miss a word.' Lucy Boynton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBrilliant, tender and intimate.\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A\u003cb\u003e moving\u003c\/b\u003e read about identity, fatherhood and family reconciliation.' \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liv Little","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452712563030,"sku":"9780349702988","price":23.45,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9780349702988.jpg?v=1793655903","url":"https:\/\/www.bookshop.lt\/en\/products\/bitter-melon-9780349702988","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}