{"product_id":"bonjour-tristesse-by-francoise-sagan-9780241951569","title":"Bonjour Tristesse","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTeenager terrible Cecile explores her sexual freedom one hot summer on the French Riviera.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Late into the night we talked of love, of its complications. In my father's eyes they were imaginary... This conception of rapid, violent and passing love affairs appealed to my imagination. I was not at the age when fidelity is attractive. I knew very little about love.’\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe French Riviera—home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cecile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. Charming, decadent, and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars, and hedonistic pleasures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut then, one long, hot summer Raymond decides to marry, and Cecile and her lover Cyril feel compelled to take a hand in his amours, with tragic consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003c\/em\u003e scandalised 1950s France with its portrayal of teenager terrible Cecile, a heroine who rejects conventional notions of love, marriage, and responsibility to choose her own sexual freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46494532403436,"sku":"9780241951569","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3229233482274.jpg?v=1748457166","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/bonjour-tristesse-by-francoise-sagan-9780241951569","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}