{"product_id":"9781509853052","title":"The Double Life of Daisy Hemmings","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith shades of Patricia Highsmith's \u003ci\u003eThe Talented Mr Ripley,\u003c\/i\u003e comes a novel about how far people will go to get the life they think they deserve.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe characters in this book are works of fiction. But, then, isn't everyone..?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1988, Pencalenick, Cornwall.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt seventeen, Jason wants much more from life than working at his father's pub and when fate, in the form of twins Daisy and Bea and their small circle of friends, offers him a glimpse of another, more glamorous, world, he's determined to become a part of it. It's Daisy who Jason is most entranced by, though. Everyone is: she's the sun around which others orbit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trouble with the sun, of course, is that those who get too close risk getting burned - and by the end of the summer, one of the group will be dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018, Camberwell, London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen famous actress Daisy Hemmings decides it's time to publish her autobiography, she chooses James Tate to write it. James is a ghost writer: it's his job to step into other people's shoes; to tell their stories for them. And he's good at it. Very good. After all, he's had years of practice at pretending to be someone he's not. But what happens when past and present - and truth and lies - collide?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoanna Nadin's \u003ci\u003eThe Double Life of Daisy Hemmings\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching, unforgettable novel about the people we are, the people we'd like to be, and the price we pay for getting what we want.","brand":"Joanna Nadin","offers":[{"title":"Pan Macmillan |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-08-15","offer_id":44151334338815,"sku":"9781509853052","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_94852c8f-a755-40fb-88cc-354949cc38ad.jpg?v=1680896181","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781509853052","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}