{"product_id":"seeing-other-people-5","title":"Seeing Other People","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e Best Young Australian Novelist 2022\u003cbr\u003e SHORTLISTED for the INDIE AWARD for BEST FICTION\u003cbr\u003e SHORTLISTED for the ABIA for Literary Fiction\u003cbr\u003e LONGLISTED for the BookPeople Book of the Year for Fiction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This! Was! So! Good! ... Diana Reid you are in a total league of your own.’ - Zara McDonald, \u003ci\u003eShameless Podcast\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Other People \u003c\/i\u003ewill be the book of the summer.’ - \u003ci\u003ePedestrianTV\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘An extraordinary new voice in Aussie lit.’ ― Zoë Foster Blake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘a captivating read that feels made for racing through while lying on the beach.’ ―\u003ci\u003e Vogue Australia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharlie’s skin was stinging. Not with heat or sweat, but with that intense, body-defining self-consciousness—that sense of being watched. She lowered her eyes from Eleanor’s loving gaze. Her throat taut with tears, she swallowed. ‘You’re a good sister, Eleanor.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e‘Don’t say that.’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After two years of lockdowns, there’s change in the air. Eleanor has just broken up with her boyfriend, Charlie’s career as an actress is starting up again. They’re finally ready to pursue their dreams—relationships, career, family—if only they can work out what it is they really want.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When principles and desires clash, Eleanor and Charlie are forced to ask: where is the line between self-love and selfishness? In all their confusion, mistakes will be made and lies will be told as they reckon with the limits of their own self-awareness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Other People \u003c\/i\u003eis the darkly funny story of two very different sisters, and the summer that stretches their relationship almost to breaking point. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PRAISE FOR SEEING OTHER PEOPLE:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘a great summer read.\u003cb\u003e’ - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003c\/b\u003eThe prose sparkles on the page, as effervescent and drinkable as a glass of prosecco on a warm summer's evening.’ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘We absolutely adored this hotly-anticipated novel’ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shameless Bookclub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘If you tore through \u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e last year, you'll want to add Diana Reid's second novel to the top of your reading bucket list.’ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eI enjoyed this funny, charming and enormously readable novel a great deal, in large part due to the wit and authenticity with which Reid represents her characters and their world.’ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e- The West Australian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003c\/b\u003eReid hasn’t lost her skewering wit.’ -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Sydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e '\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ea compulsive read’ - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrimer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'funny and engaging’ - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtsHub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eReid's witty and insightful social observation is something to relish’ - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eABC Radio National, The Bookshelf\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘There is a genuine warmth as well as capacious intelligence and sly humour to Reid’s writing, and a dynamic energy to the novel that’s always compelling’ - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ultimo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49601916469592,"sku":"9781761151705","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781761151705.jpg?v=1767943844","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/seeing-other-people-5","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}