{"product_id":"9781641293860","title":"Summer in the City of Roses","description":"Author: Keil, Michelle Ruiz \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781641293860 \u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US \u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2022 \u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 \u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 208mm x 140mm x 28mm \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescripition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by the Greek myth of Iphigenia and the Grimm fairytale \"Brother  and Sister,\" Michelle Ruiz Keil's second novel follows two siblings  torn apart, struggling to find each other in early '90s Portland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspired by the Greek     myth of Iphigenia and the Grimm fairy tale \"Brother and Sister,\"     Michelle Ruiz Keil's second novel follows two siblings torn apart and     struggling to find each other in early '90s Portland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll her life, seventeen-year-old Iph has protected her sensitive younger brother, Orr. But this summer, with their mother gone at an artist residency, their father decides it's time for fifteen-year-old Orr to toughen up at a wilderness boot camp. When their father brings Iph to a work gala in downtown Portland and breaks the news, Orr has already been sent away against his will. Furious at her father's betrayal, Iph storms off and gets lost in the maze of Old Town. Enter George, a queer Robin Hood who swoops in on a bicycle, bow and arrow at the ready, offering Iph a place to hide out while she tracks down Orr. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Orr, in the meantime, has escaped the camp and fallen in with The Furies, an all-girl punk band, and moves into the coat closet of their ramshackle pink house. In their first summer apart, Iph and Orr must learn to navigate their respective new spaces of music, romance, and sex-work activism-and find each other before a fantastical transformation fractures their family forever. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Told through a lens of magical realism and steeped in myth, \u003ci\u003eSummer in the City of Roses\u003c\/i\u003e is a dazzling tale about the pain and beauty of growing up.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45294279196830,"sku":"UBD-9781641293860","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781641293860.jpg?v=1743554612","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781641293860","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}