{"product_id":"first-summer","title":"First Summer","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.csDF34C5B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;SEGOE UI SYMBOL;} .cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eFirst Summer by Ekin Oklap is a tender coming-of-age novel that traces the electric, unsettling moment when friendship starts to tip into first love. Set over a slow, sun-soaked summer, it follows a teenage narrator as she notices Clara, the new girl across the street, and feels a jolt of recognition—loneliness meeting loneliness, then gradually softening into warmth, humour and trust.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eAs the girls spend long afternoons reading and talking side by side in the garden, the narrator discovers what it’s like to be truly seen, without the usual self-consciousness. Running alongside their days is the shared world of a beloved children’s sci\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"csDF34C5B\"\u003e‑\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003efi series, where space explorer Nadia travels the galaxy with her companion Rosa—fantasy helping them name feelings that real life can’t quite hold yet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003ePerfect for readers who love literary fiction, adolescence on the cusp, and emotionally precise queer romance (without a neat label), this is one to slip into and savour. Add it to your basket and let this first summer linger.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52490731979028,"sku":"9781398559240","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9781398559240_1.jpg?v=1778477804","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/first-summer","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}