{"product_id":"boy-friends","title":"Boy Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn intimate and original memoir of love, grief and male friendship by one of Scotland’s brightest young talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver feel like you were fated to be friends with someone? An alchemy in your meeting, instant fondness – part chemical, part kismet. This is how I’ve felt about every friend I’ve fallen in love with – none so much as you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2018, Michael Pedersen lost a most cherished friend soon after their collective voyage into the landscape and luminosity of the Scottish Highlands. Sitting at a desk at The Curfew Tower, Northern Ireland, Michael begins to write to his departed friend – Scott Hutchison. What starts as a love letter to one magical, coruscating human soon becomes a paean to many friendships – perhaps all friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Boy Friends, Pedersen confronts the bewildering process of grief. As memories rise to the surface – both heart-wrenching and hilarious – he recalls his younger self: the overly sensitive boy growing up in working-class Edinburgh; his befuddling stint in an ancient collegiate university; a short-lived, combustible career as a lawyer; and, foremost, the gorgeous male friendships that have transformed his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten to glitter, with intoxicating energy, Boy Friends is a powerful depiction of friendship and loss, a homage to the beauty of moments shared.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514768101599,"sku":"9780571360062","price":33.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9780571360062.jpg?v=1783042568","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.co.nz\/products\/boy-friends","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}