{"product_id":"9781474618519-breakdown","title":"Breakdown","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe humane Irish Bestseller about the dark side of modern motherhood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Irish Times Bestselling novel about one woman's decision to leave everything behind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e From the Irish Tatler's Woman of the Year for Literature and one of the AN Post Irish Book Awards's Best New Irish Writers comes a novel about one woman's decision to leave everything behind . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Thrillingly relatable'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This funny, thoughtful novel will resonate with lots of women'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'You won't be able to put this down. A fascinating study of a woman who has sacrificed her dreams'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gloss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A masterful account of one woman's dramatic rebellion against society's demands'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A vivid portrait of a woman adrift'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObserver\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMothers are not supposed to go on road trips .\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut one winter morning in Dublin, an ordinary woman wakes up in her ordinary home, her husband next to her in bed, her teenage children sleeping nearby. And - without thinking much about it - walks out the front door and never comes back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins a journey which will take her into service stations and shopping centres, hotel bars and hairdressers - and the beds of strange men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUntil finally, forty-eight hours later, alone in a cottage in Wales, the woman faces up to what she has been ignoring inside herself, her family, modern society: signs of breakdown.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40930415476833,"sku":"9781474618519","price":13.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26796861.jpg?v=1721291615","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781474618519-breakdown","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}