{"product_id":"9781399741668","title":"The Benefactors : the moving and utterly enthralling debut novel about class, power and what being a parent means.","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Erskine, Wendy \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 19\/06\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages, N\/A,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781399741668,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025  '  'The style of Woolf but the heart of Dickens . . . impressive'Sunday Times'Erskine's great gift is for character. Not a single figure in this novel feels contrived'Guardian'A writer of an unrivalled range of imaginative empathy'Financial Times'I couldn't put this book down'Sheena Patel, author of I'm a Fan'A powerful, moving, compelling, utterly enthralling debut'Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13'Perfectly pitched, surefooted, and charged with feeling'Colin Barrett, author of Wild Houses  From the prize-winning author of Dance Move and Sweet Home, this is an astounding novel about intimate histories, class and money - and what being a parent means.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to 18-year-old boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGorgeous Frankie, now married to a wealthy, older man, grew up in care. Miriam has recently lost her beloved husband Kahlil in ambiguous circumstances. Bronagh, the CEO of a children's services charity, loves celebrity and prestige. When their sons are accused of sexually assaulting a friend, Misty Johnston, they'll come together to protect their children, leveraging all the powers they possess. But on her side, Misty has the formidable matriarch, Nan D, and her father, taxi-driver Boogie: an alliance not so easily dismissed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrutal, tender and rigorously intelligent, The Benefactors is a daring, polyphonic presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland. It is also very funny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55749941461365,"sku":"9781399741668","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781399741668.jpg?v=1754641641","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781399741668","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}