{"product_id":"the-things-you-kiss-goodbye-9780060890919","title":"The Things You Kiss Goodbye","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Leslie Connor\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Themes - Physical \u0026amp; Emotional Abuse (see also Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBettina Vasilis can hardly believe it when basketball star Brady Cullen asks her out, and she just about faints when her strict father actually approves of him. Over the course of the summer, Bettina falls in love with Brady . . . and with the new freedom that comes along with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when school starts up again, Brady changes. What happened to the sweet boy she fell in love with? Then she meets a smoldering guy in his twenties, and this \"cowboy\" is everything Brady is not--gentle, caring, and interested in getting to know the real Bettina, or \"Beta,\" as he nicknames her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBettina knows that breaking up with Brady would mean losing her freedom--and that it would be inappropriate for anything to happen between her and Cowboy. Still, she can't help that her breath catches when he smiles, or that she longs for the scent of his auto shop whenever she's anywhere else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen tragedy strikes, Bettina must tell her family the truth--and kiss goodbye the things she thought she knew about herself and the men in her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie Connor has written a lyrical, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful story about family, romance, and the immense power of love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45355181539479,"sku":"9780060890919","price":881.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780060890919.webp?v=1767670563","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-things-you-kiss-goodbye-9780060890919","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}