{"product_id":"love-virtue-9781761155123","title":"Love \u0026 Virtue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Best Young Australian Novelist \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the ABIA Book of the Year Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the ABIA Award for Literary Fiction of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the ABA Booksellers' Choice Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the MUD Literary Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for The \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadings \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrize for New Australian Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Book of the Year for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Indie Book Award for Debut Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the ABIA Matt Richell Award New Writer of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘set to be one of the year’s most talked about books’ —\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVogue Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘a great read that will become an Australian classic’\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘an absolute cracker, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e lobs right into the current moment with a clarifying light. I hope EVERYONE reads this book.’ —Helen Garner, bestselling and award winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe First Stone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Spare Room\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘one of the best novels I have read this year ... it’s clever, pacy and wonderfully thoughtful. Read it!’ —Zara McDonald, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eShameless Podcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAre you a good person, or do you just look like one?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhenever I say I was at university with Eve, people ask me what she was like, sceptical perhaps that she could have always been as whole and self-assured as she now appears. To which I say something like: ‘People are infinitely complex.’ But I say it in such a way—so pregnant with misanthropy—that it’s obvious I hate her.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichaela and Eve are two bright, bold women who befriend each other in their first year at a residential college at university, where they live in adjacent rooms. They could not be more different; one assured and popular—the other uncertain and eager-to-please. But something happens one night in O-week—a drunken encounter, a foggy memory that will force them to confront the realities of consent and wrestle with the dynamics of power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Diana Reid will be called the new Sally Rooney – you’re certain of it by the end of page one. By the end of this real, raw and startling novel, you know Reid is the talent to whom every smart young novelist who follows her will be compared – or hope to be.’ \u003cb\u003e—Meg Mason, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSorrow and Bliss\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e captures the near-erotic thrill of being a young woman, alone and adrift, who finds, in another young woman, an intellectual equal ... Like Elena and Lila in Elena Ferrante’s \u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend,\u003c\/i\u003e a touchstone for Reid, their spark feels charged, given to exploding.’ \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue \u003c\/i\u003eis an accomplished novel – by turns funny and furious, and full of the plangent longing and confusion of early adulthood.’ \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘It is not enough to say \u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e heralds the arrival of a new literary talent: Reid is intensely incisive and brilliant.’ \u003cb\u003e—Sarah Schmidt, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSee What I Have Done\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Reid’s prose interrogates everything we think we know about love. Heartfelt and unputdownable, this is a remarkably self-assured debut.’\u003cb\u003e —Victoria Hannan, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKokomo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A fierce new voice at just the right moment, shining a light on consent and class with clarity and grace.’ \u003cb\u003e—Inga Simpson, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere the Trees Were\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstor\u003c\/b\u003ey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781761155123\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Third Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 29 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Ultimo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.9(L)289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 289\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Reid\u003c\/b\u003e is the Australian author of the bestselling novels \u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeeing Other People \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Signs of Damage\u003c\/i\u003e. Her debut, \u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e, won the ABIA Book of the Year Award, the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year Award, the ABA Booksellers’ Choice Fiction Book of the Year Award, and the MUD Literary Prize. She was also named a \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e Best Young Australian Novelist in 2022. Born in Sydney, she is currently based in London.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e‘an absolute cracker, Love \u0026amp; Virtue lobs right into the current moment with a clarifying light. I hope EVERYONE reads this book.’  * Helen Garner *\u003cbr\u003e‘I have been chewing on this book for days now. Compelling reading. So well written. Complex. I keep turning it over in my mind and I want to talk about it!’ * Hannah Kent *\u003cbr\u003e‘An extraordinary new voice in Aussie lit.’ * Zoë Foster Blake *\u003cbr\u003e‘Loved it…It’s electrifying’ * Annabel Crabb *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eLove and Virtue \u003c\/i\u003eis an accomplished novel - by turns funny and furious, and full of the plangent longing and confusion of early adulthood.’ -- Fiona Wright * The Saturday Paper *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eLove \u0026amp; Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e is a formidable debut novel. The writing is punchy and clever, with characters so deeply drawn that they feel like friends and enemies from a former life.’ -- Zoya Patel * The Guardian Australia *\u003cbr\u003e‘I inhaled it…an amazing book’ * Mia Freedman *\u003cbr\u003e‘Reid writes with ferocity and intelligence, and this novel demands attention and commands respect.’ -- Anna Carew-Reid * Sunday Times Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e‘Unputdownable, her rich and resplendent detail distils the Australian campus experience with cutting insight, ultimately leading the audience to contemplate its trenchant central question: are you a good person, or do you just look like one?’ -- Noah Vaz * Law Society Journal *\u003cbr\u003e‘Fans of Sally Rooney will gravitate to this compelling read that centres on feminism, power and sex in the lives of Australian university students.’ -- Maggie Zhou * Refinery 29 Australia *\u003cbr\u003e‘Reid is a young author to watch.’ * Marie Claire *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eLove and Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e captures the near-erotic thrill of being a young woman, alone and adrift, who finds, in another young woman, an intellectual equal ... Like Elena and Lila in Elena Ferrante’s \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Brilliant Friend,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e a touchstone for Reid, their spark feels charged, given to exploding.’ -- Neha Kale * Sydney Morning Herald *\u003cbr\u003e‘wonderfully readable prose, offering a nuanced and often very funny portrait of privilege and betrayal that probes complex questions about consent, trust and what it means to be a truly “good” person.’\u003cbr\u003e   -- Gemma Nisbet * The West Australian *\u003cbr\u003e‘The prose crackles fiercely, luring readers in with phrases to mull over and taste before devouring the next delicious sentence.’ -- Annabel Harz * Artshub *","brand":"Diana Reid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628754014425,"sku":"9781761155123","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781761155123.jpg?v=1791458744","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/love-virtue-9781761155123","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}