{"product_id":"the-people-i-know-now-by-jasmine-donaldson","title":"The People I Know Now by Jasmine Donaldson","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"139\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"139\"\u003eThe People I Know Now\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"256\"\u003eA powerful young adult novel about love, loss, and learning how to breathe again after everything has fallen apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"258\" data-end=\"585\"\u003eAfter enduring the most difficult year of her life, nineteen-year-old Lyla Strafford leaves everything behind for a summer in the small seaside township of New Brooke. Staying with her Aunt Caroline, she hopes the quiet will be enough to hold her together while she figures out how to exist in a world that feels different now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"587\" data-end=\"623\"\u003eSlowly, gently, Lyla begins to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"625\" data-end=\"949\"\u003eWith the support of a group of unexpected new friends, she starts to find pieces of herself again — laughter returning in small moments, trust rebuilt in fragile steps. And then there’s him. A boy who seems to understand the silences she carries, and who makes it easier to believe that maybe she can move forward after all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"988\"\u003eBut healing is never a straight line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"990\" data-end=\"1237\"\u003eJust as things begin to feel like they might be okay, Lyla is confronted by a life-threatening experience tied to the trauma she thought she had survived. Old fear rises to the surface, forcing her to face everything she has been trying to outrun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1239\" data-end=\"1391\"\u003eIn the quiet spaces between love and loss, family and fear, Lyla must ask herself what it really means to move forward… when the past refuses to let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1393\" data-end=\"1477\"\u003eBecause sometimes healing isn’t about forgetting.\u003cbr data-start=\"1442\" data-end=\"1445\"\u003eIt’s about learning how to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1705\"\u003e✨ A heartfelt YA romance about grief, recovery, and first love after heartbreak\u003cbr data-start=\"1563\" data-end=\"1566\"\u003e✨ Found family, seaside setting, and slow emotional healing\u003cbr data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1628\"\u003e✨ For readers who love tender, character-driven stories with depth and hope\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1712\" data-end=\"1866\"\u003e📖 \u003cstrong data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1751\"\u003eAges of Pages Preorder Exclusive\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1784\" data-end=\"1787\"\u003e📍 \u003cstrong data-start=\"1790\" data-end=\"1864\"\u003ePreorder now and collect your book from us at Ages of Pages (Hamilton) 2nd May\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1868\" data-end=\"1942\"\u003eLimited copies available — once allocations are gone, they’re gone.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Starfall Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46674240503947,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/6578\/1131\/files\/ThePeopleIKnowNowJasmineDonaldson.png?v=1776770232","url":"https:\/\/www.starfallbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-people-i-know-now-by-jasmine-donaldson","provider":"Starfall Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}