{"product_id":"9780008267889-ellen-wiles-book-2","title":"The Unexpected","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘A novel that comes with a whole different way of thinking – it takes in a rich wide queer world of angelfish and allomothers, and it's a story of real love between friends' Daisy Hildyard, author of \u003cem\u003eEmergency\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'A heartwarming depiction of female friendship as a bond stronger than any other' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e‘A novel that comes with a whole different way of thinking – it takes in a rich wide queer world of angelfish and allomothers, and it's a story of real love between friends' Daisy Hildyard, author of \u003cem\u003eEmergency\u003c\/em\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'A heartwarming depiction of female friendship as a bond stronger than any other' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'Loved this clever and funny novel’ Anna Mazzola\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003e'Wonderful… all sorts of common assumptions about motherhood and family are turned on their head. 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