{"product_id":"the-benefactors-the-moving-and-utterly-enthralling-debut-novel-about-class-power-and-what-being-a-parent-means-9781399741675","title":"The Benefactors: The moving and utterly enthralling debut novel about class, power and what being a parent means.","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wendy Erskine\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'The style of Woolf but the heart of Dickens . . . impressive'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A blistering debut . . . vital reading'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSpectator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A powerful, moving, compelling, utterly enthralling debut'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJon McGregor, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eReservoir 13\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'So fresh, so sharp, so wry, so alive'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLucy Caldwell, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThese Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I miss it already . . . What a beautiful, hilarious blast of brilliance'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDonal Ryan, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHeart, Be at Peace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A cast of characters so vividly drawn it feels like you've known them all your life'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eColin Walsh, author of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e Kala\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There's not a sentence I don't believe, or a character I don't feel something for . . . what a joy it is to read'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMichael Magee, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eClose to Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the prize-winning author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eDance Move\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eSweet Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, this is an astounding novel about intimate histories, class and money - and what being a parent means.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to eighteen-year-old boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGorgeous Frankie, now married to a wealthy, older man, grew up in care. Miriam has recently lost her beloved husband Kahlil in ambiguous circumstances. Bronagh, the CEO of a children's services charity, loves celebrity and prestige. When their sons are accused of sexually assaulting a friend, Misty Johnston, they'll come together to protect their children, leveraging all the powers they possess. But on her side, Misty has the formidable matriarch, Nan D, and her father, taxi-driver Boogie: an alliance not so easily dismissed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrutal, tender and rigorously intelligent,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e The Benefactors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a daring, multi-voice presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland. It is also very funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45848267882647,"sku":"9781399741675","price":1411.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781399741675.webp?v=1769297773","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-benefactors-the-moving-and-utterly-enthralling-debut-novel-about-class-power-and-what-being-a-parent-means-9781399741675","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}