{"product_id":"lie-with-me-by-philippe-besson","title":"Lie With Me by Philippe Besson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJust outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe, a famous writer, chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back to Philippe's teenage years, to a winter morning in 1984, a small French high school, and a carefully timed encounter between two seventeen-year-olds. It's the start of a secret, intensely passionate, world-altering love affair between Philippe and his classmate, Thomas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDazzlingly rendered by Molly Ringwald, the acclaimed actor and writer, in her first-ever translation, Besson's exquisitely moving coming-of-age story captures the tenderness of first love - and the heart-breaking passage of time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003cem\u003eIt has been years since anything moved me as much as Lie With Me. It will become a classic.\u003c\/em\u003e' Jonathan Coe, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eMiddle England\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003cem\u003eDevastating and tender; this is the book I wish I'd read when I was 15, and a book I'm glad to have as a companion now\u003c\/em\u003e' Andrew McMillan, award-winning author of \u003cem\u003ePhysical\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003cem\u003eFull of Proustian echoes, this story of gay adolescence deals with complex issues of class, shame and secrecy\u003c\/em\u003e' Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \/ 160 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookish Type","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32512610238549,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0264\/0891\/0933\/products\/9780241987094.jpg?v=1593517595","url":"https:\/\/thebookishtype.pro\/products\/lie-with-me-by-philippe-besson","provider":"The Bookish Type","version":"1.0","type":"link"}