{"product_id":"the-breaking-of-a-wave-paperback","title":"The Breaking of a Wave - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFabio Genovesi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWill Schutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Strega Prize: a young girl in Tuscany finds hope amid heartbreak in \"a story about the lonely daydreams of outsiders\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSmart, funny thirteen-year-old Luna lives in a small town on the coast of Tuscany. When her beloved brother, Luca, drowns in a surfing accident, Luna's mother retreats into herself, while Luna believes that Luca still speaks to her through a whalebone washed up on the nearby shore. At school, stricken by her loss yet determined to carry on, Luna makes a new friend and ally, the eccentric Zot, a boy from Chernobyl. Luna's fantasies will soon clash with the lies--even the well-intentioned ones--of the adult world, in this touching, funny, and imaginative novel by the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eLive Bait\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFabio Genovesi\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Forte dei Marmi in Versilia in 1974. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eLive Bait \u003c\/i\u003e(Other Press, 2014), which has been translated into over ten languages, an earlier novel, \u003ci\u003eVersilia Rock City\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoir \u003ci\u003eMorte Dei Marmi\u003c\/i\u003e (Laterza, 2012), and the Strega Prize winning-novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Breaking of a Wave\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537707168051,"sku":"9781609453879","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WTJzU3djbGVleXpQZ3ZlTG1UQ3Z2dz09.webp?v=1760817514","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-breaking-of-a-wave-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}