{"product_id":"sunburn-chloe-michelle-howarth-kharidobecho-books","title":"Sunburn |  Chloe Michelle Howarth | Kharidobecho Books","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNOW IN IT'S SECOND PRINT RUN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e** Shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2024 **\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e** Shortlisted for the 2024 Book of the Year: Discover Award by the British Book Awards **\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e** Shortlisted for the 2023 Nero Book Award for Debut Fiction **\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e** An Evening Standard 'One to Watch in 2023 **\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e** An Independent ‘Best Romantic Summer Reads' **\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's the early 1990s, and in the Irish village of Crossmore, Lucy feels out of place. Despite her fierce friendships, she's always felt this way, and the conventional path of marriage and motherhood doesn't appeal to her at all. Not even with handsome and doting Martin, her closest childhood friend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLucy begins to make sense of herself during a long hot summer, when a spark with her school friend Susannah escalates to an all-consuming infatuation, and, very quickly, to a desperate and devastating love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFearful of rejection from her small and conservative community, Lucy begins living a double life, hiding the most honest parts of herself in stolen moments with Susannah.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut with the end of school and the opportunity to leave Crossmore looming, Lucy must choose between two places, two people and two futures, each as terrifying as the other. Neither will be easy, but only one will offer her happiness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunburn is an astute and tender portrayal of first love, adolescent anxiety and the realities of growing up in a small town where tradition holds people tightly in its grasp. An atmospheric sapphic love story and coming-of-age novel with the intensity of Megan Nolan's Acts of Desperation, the long hot summer of André Aciman's Call Me By Your Name and the female friendships of Anna Hope's Expectation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*REVIEWS*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A tender and heartfelt coming-of-age tale’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Heat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A compassionate take on the push and pull between what's expected and what is felt’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A deeply moving, heartfelt love story’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Daily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Lucy tells her story in a true, compelling voice, with an eye for minutiae, quaint apercus, and confidences that make her account moving and convincing’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- SAGA Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘Tender and poignant... Ideal reading for the last month of summer’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Diva\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Intense and all-consuming - like the first love it describes - Sunburn transported me to the heart of summer and the heady days of late adolescence. I won't soon forget Chloe Michelle Howarth's addictive, lushly written debut' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Laura Sims\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Capturing all the intensity of first love, blended with the claustrophobia of small-town life, this debut, inspired by real experience, is tender and raw' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- The Bookseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'A beautiful coming of age love novel written with an insightful poetical prose, rich with religious allegory and texture which underscores the transformative, spiritual power of first love explored' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e- Scene Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pre - Owned Book","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360080363798,"sku":null,"price":229.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/5850\/6774\/files\/71TWt1pgowL._SL1500.jpg?v=1780141440","url":"https:\/\/www.kharidobecho.in\/products\/sunburn-chloe-michelle-howarth-kharidobecho-books","provider":"KharidobechoBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}