{"product_id":"9781399740838","title":"What A Time To Be Alive","description":"Author: Jenny Mustard\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399740838\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 29 Apr 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Playful and witty, \u003ci\u003eWhat A Time To Be Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is a charming meditation on coming-of-age, privilege, and grief' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCecile Pin, author of \u003ci\u003eWandering Souls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Jenny Mustard writes with honesty and wit about the strange, mundane, and wondrous aspects of youth'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAysegul Savas, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropologists\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A beautifully plangent coming-of-age novel . . . will go straight to your heart'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucy Caldwell, author of \u003ci\u003eThese Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A timeless writer . . . reminiscent of the power and grace of writers like Rachel Cusk and Raven Leilani'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMolly Aitken, author of \u003ci\u003eBright I Burn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A measured and gorgeous writer, in command of the senses in a way that makes the reader feel alive'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome people move to the big city hoping to find themselves - Sickan Hermansson isn't leaving it up to chance. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-one, friendless, without money but not without hope, Sickan's arrival at Stockholm University represents a new start. Her lonely childhood in a small southern town has left her utterly unprepared for intimacy: for friends, for sex, for love even. But Sickan is determined to build a new version of herself from the ground up, to make up for lost time. To simply be normal.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJust as Sickan seems to be finding her first ever friends, in whose company she finally feels safe, she meets Abbe: beautiful, charming - and by some miracle he wants her too. Unlike Sickan, Abbe seems completely at ease in his own skin. A solid foundation then, on which to build a relationship? Maybe?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat A Time To Be Alive \u003c\/i\u003eis a story of class, sex, loneliness, and the trials of young womanhood. But above all, it's a story of firsts: the first party you're actually invited to, the first moment you fall in love, the first time you betray a friend. The first time you ask yourself, how much of myself am I willing to sacrifice, to finally fit in?","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46449903730846,"sku":"ADS-9781399740838","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399740838.jpg?v=1769573384","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399740838","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}