{"product_id":"9781529017076-sweet-home","title":"Sweet Home","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA collection of brilliantly written short stories by an exciting talent from Northern Ireland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Winner of the Butler Literary Award * Shortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize * Longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eAudible Short Story Award *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Gripping, wonderfully understated, oozes humanity, emotion and humour' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the author’s native Belfast, the ten stories in \u003ci\u003eSweet Home\u003c\/i\u003e lay bare the heartbreak and quiet tragedies that run under the surface of everyday lives. A lonely woman is fascinated by her niqab-wearing neighbours; a middle-aged teacher becomes obsessed with a young Gaelic football player; and an employer covers for his two employees caught having sex in a public toilet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWendy Erskine, prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactors\u003c\/i\u003e, offers perfectly formed, brilliantly observed portraits of people trying to carve out a life for themselves, all the while being buffeted by the loss, grief and regret that come their way. Warm, compassionate and funny, \u003ci\u003eSweet Home\u003c\/i\u003e captures life in contemporary East Belfast, in all of its forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Wendy Erskine’s first collection, \u003ci\u003eSweet Home\u003c\/i\u003e . is every bit as good as her early stories in the always astute \u003ci\u003eStinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e magazine promised’ - Jon McGregor, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Book of the Year in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, The White Review, Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTLS\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":56450733736310,"sku":"9781529017076","price":8.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31308076.jpg?v=1760453889","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529017076-sweet-home","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}