{"product_id":"9781399762755-delirious","title":"Delirious","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Wilkins shows us old age, old love, and old loss. A wonderful novel' - Claire Fuller\u003cbr\u003eWinner of New Zealand's Book Prize and a word-of-mouth sensation: a powerful exploration of ageing, loss, and second chances, and an unforgettable portrait of a marriage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE AWARD-WINNING, WORD-OF-MOUTH NEW ZEALAND \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOMINATED FOR THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF NEW ZEALAND'S JANN MEDLICOTT ACORN PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I was dazzled by this book's intimacy, truth and complexity. It has everything I truly love in fiction'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Wood, author of \u003ci\u003eStone Yard Devotional\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'With precise emotional acuity, Wilkins shows us old age, old love, and old loss. A wonderful novel\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaire Fuller, author of \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Ground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A superb book - Damien Wilkins writes so movingly about grief and loss'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClare Chambers, author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's time. Mary, an ex cop, and her husband Pete, a former librarian, have decided to move into a retirement village. Selling their beloved house should be a clean break, but the past, it seems, has other ideas. A detective calls with new information about the case of their son, Will, who died in an accident forty years earlier. Mary finds herself returning to the last months of her sister's shortened life. And Pete is haunted by memories of his late mother, who developed delirium and never recovered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn unforgettable novel of rare power and grace, \u003ci\u003eDelirious \u003c\/i\u003eposes the questions we all eventually face, if we're lucky - or unlucky - enough. How do we care for others? How do we face each new phase of life? And how do we ever cope? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Delirious \u003c\/i\u003emade me laugh, think, weep and actually beat my breast. A masterpiece'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Knox, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Absolute Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eDelirious \u003c\/i\u003erearranged me. Utterly absorbing, moving, brilliant'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmily Perkins, author of \u003ci\u003eLioness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57582344307062,"sku":"9781399762755","price":16.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41349854.jpg?v=1779340607","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399762755-delirious","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}