{"product_id":"wine-dark-sea-blue-a-l-michael","title":"Wine Dark, Sea Blue - A.L. Michael","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.stairwellbooks.co.uk\/product\/wine-dark-sea-blue\/#wine-dark-sea-blue\/1\/\"\u003eRead an excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWine Dark, Sea Blue is about being what people need you to be, and what happens when all those obligations start to blur. Do you keep the secrets, or do you break?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArts graduate of a recession generation, Ellie Kazakis has a lot of problems. But finding an actual job is the least of them. There are the complications surrounding her grandmother’s death, the secrets she seems to be keeping from everyone around her, and her own addiction to One Night Friendships- the only time she feels alive is when she knows she doesn’t have to see those strangers ever again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWine Dark, Sea Blue \u003c\/i\u003eis about being what people need you to be, and what happens when all those obligations start to blur. Do you keep the secrets, or do you break?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the debut novel of the London writer A.L. Michael. This novel is edgy and explores a culture where jobs are hard to come by and drugs are only too easy to find yet it also explores the role of family and friendship in these difficult times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis bitterly sardonic, but ironically warm, interior examination of a fractured life in a bonded but mutually destructive family yields a compelling microcosmic picture of a dysfunctional metropolitan landscape…\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteve Whitaker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/yorkshiretimes.co.uk\/article\/An-Unbearable-Sunlight-Wine-Dark-Sea-Blue--By-A-L-Michael\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSee the full review here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"product-attribute-specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Pages\"\u003e230\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publication Date\"\u003e2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publisher\"\u003eStairwell Books\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"ISBN\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\"\u003e9781939269034\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Binding\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Author\"\u003eA.L. Michael\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Diavazo Greek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57440328778110,"sku":"wine dark sea blue","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/7574\/2397\/files\/wine-dark-sea-blue-al-michael-2744664.jpg?v=1779321430","url":"https:\/\/diavazo.co.uk\/products\/wine-dark-sea-blue-a-l-michael","provider":"Diavazo Greek Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}