{"product_id":"greta-valdin","title":"Greta \u0026 Valdin","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e MUST-READ BOOK OF THE YEAR • A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e EDITORS’ CHOICE • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A heartfelt portrait of a complex family.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePeople\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e • “Laugh-out-loud-funny.” —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHarper’s Bazaar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e • “Quintessential rom-com meets the delicious family sprawl of a Russian classic.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e—Vanity Fair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe “brilliant” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, London) bestseller that follows a brother and sister as they navigate queerness, multiracial identity, and family drama, all while flailing their way to love—for fans of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSchitt’s Creek \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eand Sally Rooney’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNormal People\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s been a year since his ex-boyfriend dumped him and moved from Auckland to Buenos Aires, and Valdin is doing fine. He has a good flat with his sister Greta, a good career where his colleagues only occasionally remind him that he is the sole Maaori person in the office, and a good friend who he only sleeps with when he’s sad. But when work sends him to Argentina and he’s thrown back in his former lover’s orbit, Valdin is forced to confront the feelings he’s been trying to ignore—and the future he wants.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGreta is not letting her painfully unrequited crush (or her possibly pointless master’s thesis, or her pathetic academic salary...) get her down. She would love to focus on the charming fellow grad student she meets at a party and her friendships with a circle of similarly floundering twenty-somethings, but her chaotic family life won’t stop intruding: her mother is keeping secrets, her nephew is having a gay crisis, and her brother has suddenly flown to South America without a word.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFilled with “kernels of humor and truth” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eElle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and with an undeniable emotional momentum that builds to an exuberant conclusion, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGreta \u0026amp; Valdin \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecareens us through the siblings’ misadventures and the messy dramas of their sprawling, eccentric Maaori-Russian-Catalonian family. An acclaimed bestseller in New Zealand, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGreta \u0026amp; Valdin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is fresh, joyful, and alive with the possibility of love in its many mystifying forms.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Avid Reader Press \/ Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120119812381,"sku":"9781668028056","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781668028056.jpg?v=1751398635","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/greta-valdin","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}