{"product_id":"ode-to-my-first-car-9780374388430","title":"Ode to My First Car","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robin Gow\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Romance - LGBTQ+\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy the critically praised author of \u003ci\u003eA Million Quiet Revolutions\u003c\/i\u003e, this contemporary sapphic romance novel-in-verse follows a bisexual teen girl who falls in and out of love over the course of one fateful summer, perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eJuliet Takes a Breath \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLaura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a few months before senior year and Claire Kemp, a closeted bisexual, is finally starting to admit she might be falling in love with her best friend, Sophia, who she's known since they were four. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrying to pay off the fine from the crash that totals Lars, her beloved car, Claire takes a job at the local nursing home up the street from her house. There she meets Lena, an eighty-eight-year-old lesbian woman who tells her stories about what it was like growing up gay in the 1950s and '60s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Claire spends more time with Lena and grows more confident of her identity, another girl, Pen, comes into the picture, and Claire is caught between two loves-one familiar and well-worn, the other new and untested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e2024 Bank Street Best Books of the Year List \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45355716935831,"sku":"9780374388430","price":1379.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780374388430.webp?v=1767671120","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ode-to-my-first-car-9780374388430","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}