{"product_id":"exciting-times-9780062968753","title":"Exciting Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This debut novel about an Irish expat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is half Sally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy \u003cem\u003eCrazy Rich Asians\u003c\/em\u003e high living--and guaranteed to please.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVogue \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM: \u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review * Vogue * TIME * Marie Claire * Elle * O, the Oprah Magazine * The Washington Post * Esquire * Harper's Bazaar *\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Bustle * PopSugar * Refinery 29 * LitHub * Debutiful\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intimat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ee, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a male banker and a female lawyer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAva\u003c\/strong\u003e, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulian \u003c\/strong\u003eis a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than I like you a great deal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter \u003cstrong\u003eEdith\u003c\/strong\u003e. A Hong Kong-born lawyer, striking and ambitious, Edith takes Ava to the theater and leaves her tulips in the hallway. Ava wants to be her--and wants her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong... Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, \u003cem\u003eExciting Times \u003c\/em\u003eis thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life--and announces herself as a singular new voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062968753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.31w x 0.54d","brand":"Naoise Dolan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38521692717237,"sku":"9780062968753","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c5875ea0-6950-46fa-9171-45b749f58393.jpg?v=1613486951","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/exciting-times-9780062968753","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}