{"product_id":"out-of-touch-9781474612265","title":"Out of Touch","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful tale of betrayal and abandonment from a stunning new voice. When a brother and sister receive a letter from the father they haven't seen in twenty years, they must confront long-buried tensions in ways that will change them for ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of Touch\u003c\/i\u003e is a careful examination of sibling relations, the rips in family life, and the choices that must be made after a person finds themselves to be an adult. Raw and hopeful, this book is about what pulls us apart and what keeps us together.\u003c\/b\u003e * Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of HARMLESS LIKE YOU and STARLING DAYS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of those books that had me ignoring my phone, family and sensible bedtimes. Immersive, gorgeously rich and beautifully written. I loved it\u003c\/b\u003e * Lia Louis, author of SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO HAPPY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA brilliant meditation on the bonds of kinship. Agar delivers this potent, intricate tale with scalpel like precision and tenderness.\u003c\/b\u003e * Irenosen Okojie, author of NUDIBRANCH *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI love the way Haleh Agar writes about family and cities and parenthood and sex. Ava and Michael felt completely honest to me, finally a story about siblings I believed! Their fractured relationship really touched me and I think lots of people will relate to it\u003c\/b\u003e * Luan Goldie, author of NIGHTINGALE POINT *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI devoured this brilliant book - it's so wise and astute on families, relationships and the strange ties that bind us. I loved it.\u003c\/b\u003e * Rachael Lucas, author of THE TELEPHONE BOX LIBRARY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut of Touch\u003c\/i\u003e is a deftly intimate, touching story with crisp prose. In this engaging debut, Agar introduces complex characters and their often painful and always moving pursuit for closure, family, belonging, love, and a place to call home.\u003c\/b\u003e * Yvonne Battle-Felton, author of REMEMBERED *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMUST READ... [a] moving debut novel.\u003c\/b\u003e * S MAGAZINE, SUNDAY EXPRESS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpanning a year, this thoughtful debut tackles both emotional and physical  vulnerability while bravely challenging the orthodoxy that we can overcome anything if we only set our minds to it. It's a sensitive portrait of the prickly awkwardness of relations in a fractured family that finds a way of combining down-to-earth realism with compassion and hope. \u003c\/b\u003e -- Stephanie Cross * DAILY MAIL *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeartbreaking and hopeful in equal measures.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Zoe West * WOMAN'S WEEKLY *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA riveting and captivating new novel about the complexities of sibling relations.\u003c\/b\u003e * GRAZIA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI thoroughly enjoyed this great debut about an estranged family, and found the fractured relationships fascinating.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nina Pottell * PRIMA *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408903315799,"sku":"9781474612265","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474612265.jpg?v=1730504634","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/out-of-touch-9781474612265","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}