{"product_id":"disappoint-me","title":"Disappoint Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eA voice-driven, funny and poignant exploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bougie domesticity,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisappoint Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill delight and provoke readers in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brand-new novel from the critically acclaimed author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBellies\u003c\/i\u003e, a funny and poignant exploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bougie domesticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChosen as a ‘Best Book of 2025’ by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnOther\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the UK’s most perceptive young novelists with her finger firmly on the pulse of contemporary behaviour'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Riveting, funny and devastating' Shon Faye, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Transgender Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax is thirty, a published poet and grossly overpaid legal counsel for a tech company. She’s living her best life! Or is she?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe debris of years of dysphoria and failed relationships rattle around in her head. When she tumbles down the stairs at a New Year’s Eve party and wakes up in hospital alone, she decides to make some changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst things first: a stab at good old-fashioned heteronormativity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter Vincent, corporate lawyer and hobby baker. His trad friendship group may as well speak a different language to Max, and his Chinese parents never pictured their son dating a trans woman. It’s uncertain terrain, but Vincent cares for Max in a way she’d long given up on as a foolish fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet Vincent is carrying his own baggage. On his gap year in Thailand a decade prior, he vies for the attention of a gorgeous traveller, Alex, with secrets of her own. Is Vincent really the new face of the Enlightened Man, or will the ghosts of his past sabotage his and Max’s happiness?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFunny, moving, and poignant,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisappoint Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereckons with the pressures of living the 'right' kind of life and making peace with the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43466264936482,"sku":"9781529930634","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/Copy-of-Book-Template---2025-01-30T154121-362.jpg?v=1738204911","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/disappoint-me","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}