{"product_id":"9781913193713-this-is-how-we-are-human","title":"This is How We Are Human","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the mother of an autistic young man hires a call girl to make him happy, three lives collide in unexpected and moving ways … changing everything. A devastatingly beautiful, rich and thought-provoking novel that will warm your heart.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the mother of an autistic young man hires a call girl to make him happy, three lives collide in unexpected and moving ways … changing everything. A devastatingly beautiful, rich and thought-provoking novel that will warm and break your heart…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘One of the best writers of her generation’ \u003cb\u003eJohn Marrs, author of \u003ci\u003eThe One\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A brilliant premise, executed beautifully … such a moving, tender and unexpected read’ \u003cb\u003eCatherine Isaac, author of \u003ci\u003eMessy, Wonderful Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘I guarantee you will not read anything like it this year … you will fall in love with this book’ \u003cb\u003eMiranda Dickinson, author of \u003ci\u003eOur Story\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Incredibly moving, gripping, and full of heart … The novel everyone will be talking about this year’ \u003cb\u003eGill Paul, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sebastian James Murphy is twenty years, six months and two days old. He loves swimming, fried eggs and Billy Ocean. Sebastian is autistic. And lonely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Veronica wants her son Sebastian to be happy … she wants the world to accept him for who he is. She is also thinking about paying a professional to give him what he desperately wants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Violetta is a high-class escort, who steps out into the night thinking only of money. Of her nursing degree. Paying for her dad’s care. Getting through the dark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When these three lives collide – intertwine in unexpected ways – everything changes. For everyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A topical and moving drama about a mother’s love for her son, about getting it wrong when we think we know what’s best, about the lengths we go to care for family … to survive … \u003ci\u003eThis Is How We Are Human\u003c\/i\u003e is a searching, rich and thought-provoking novel with an emotional core that will warm and break your heart.\u003cbr\u003e _______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Every now and then you read a book that takes your breath away. \u003ci\u003eThis is How We Are Human\u003c\/i\u003e does just that … you feel from the first page to the last’ \u003cb\u003eLiz Fenwick, author of \u003ci\u003eThe River Between Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘A writer of beautiful sentences, and they are in abundance. This sensitive subject is treated with the utmost care’ \u003cb\u003eNydia Hetherington, author of \u003ci\u003eA Girl Made of Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘Such a complex and emotive book’ \u003cb\u003eClaire King, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Night Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘It had me gripped from the start and changed the way I see the world. Beautiful, bold and compelling  – another fearless story from Beech’ \u003cb\u003eKatie Marsh, author of \u003ci\u003eUnbreak Your Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A searching, rich and thought-provoking novel with an emotional core’ \u003cb\u003eLoveReading \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘This book is just what the world needs right now’ \u003cb\u003eFiona Mills, BBC\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Oh, Sebastian, I’ll never forget him. Heart is always at the core of Louise’s books and this one is no exception’ \u003cb\u003eMadeleine Black, author of \u003ci\u003eUnbroken\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘What a brave and prejudice busting story this is … brava’ \u003cb\u003eS. E. Lynes, author of \u003ci\u003eCan You See Her\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A convincing, bittersweet tale of misplaced kindness, a myriad types of vulnerability, and unexpected consequences … All the stars and more’ \u003cb\u003eCarol Lovekin, author of \u003ci\u003eWild Spinning Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A tender, insightful read’ \u003cb\u003eMichael J. Malone, author of \u003ci\u003eA Song of Isolation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e ‘An exceptional book that will make you laugh, cry and feel better for having read it’ \u003cb\u003eAudrey Davis, author of \u003ci\u003eLost in Translation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘The most exquisite and moving story I have read in a very long time’ \u003cb\u003eBook Review Café\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘I don’t know of another writer who portrays characters so true, flaws and all … mesmerising, the characters are beautiful but, more importantly, they’re REAL’ \u003cb\u003eJ. M. 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