{"product_id":"9780008228415_twelve","title":"Twelve","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow should a young woman live now?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLily is waiting, as ever, for the weekend, waiting to get out of the city, waiting for that ever-elusive, life-defining, climactic episode, the one that will ‘explain to me everything that’s gone before, and everything that’s to come’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe’s been friends with the decisive Edward and the freewheeling Josh for years, and makes what progress she does by clinging on to them. She seeks a narrative for her life, a story to dress in, and embarks on a daring, blind romance that begins on a train with the mysterious Colin, but just as swiftly talks herself out of it, out of commitment. Meanwhile, next door, Shirley, a plainer, simpler woman, just gets on with things, caring for home, husband and baby, making strides, repeating cycles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Lily reach her epiphany? Will she recognize it when it arrives? Will it really change her life? Does she even need one?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vanessa Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285286371477,"sku":"9780008228415","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008228415.jpg?v=1776992317","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008228415_twelve","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}