{"product_id":"9781472275929-mother-mother","title":"Mother Mother","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA poignant journey of friendship and forgiveness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf you spend your life giving everything to the ones you love,\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e do you risk losing yourself along the way?\u003cbr\u003eMOTHER MOTHER is a poignant and powerful reading group novel about family, appealing to fans of Celeste Ng's EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e TOP TEN BESTSELLER, JUNE 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Annie Macmanus is a writer whose understanding and capturing of human nature comes as easily to her as breathing' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A work of gilded melancholy that is going to take everyone by surprise' UNA MULLALLY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Macmanus writes with flair and confidence rarely seen in a debut' SINÉAD GLEESON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne Saturday morning, TJ McConnell wakes up to find his mother, Mary, gone. He doesn't know where - or why - but he's the only one who can help find her.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMary grew up longing for information about the mother she never knew. Her brother could barely remember her, and their father numbed his pain with drink.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow aged thirty-seven, Mary has lived in the same house her whole life. She's never left Belfast. TJ, who's about to turn eighteen, is itching to see more of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when his mother disappears, TJ begins to realise what he's been taking for granted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMOTHER MOTHER takes us down the challenging road of Mary's life while following TJ's increasingly desperate search for her, as he begins to discover what has led her to this point. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a story about family, grief, addiction and motherhood, and it asks an important question - if you spend your life giving everything to the ones you love, do you risk losing yourself along the way?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant book.that explores the brutal legacy of addiction and the consequences of a deep grief left to stagnate'\u003cb\u003e Sara Cox\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tender, surprising, occasionally bleak, moving and delicate book' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A study of grief, addiction and what it means to be a mother' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStylist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Melancholy, beautifully unadorned prose' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Unflinching and unsparing but also beautifully written' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An incredible debut' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A page-turning exploration of grief, addiction, young motherhood and unbreakable family ties' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBritish Vogue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39888238936161,"sku":"9781472275929","price":5.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27672517.jpg?v=1721981184","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781472275929-mother-mother","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}