{"product_id":"9781784746681","title":"Lonely Mouth","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Maley, Jacqueline \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 02\/07\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781784746681,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Witty, savage and poignant’ NIGELLA LAWSON'I devoured it in a weekend' FELICITY CLOAKE'Humane and deeply, darkly humorous' MARINA KEMPFamily dysfunction meets fine dining, in this novel about sisterhood, secrets and the things you can’t swallow down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatilda knows about hunger. She works in one of Sydney’s buzziest restaurants, Bocca, while suppressing her cravings, including for her celebrity chef boss, Colson. Everything in her life is tightly controlled: she allows herself one weekend a month to feast and purge, the rest of the time, she stays perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil her younger half-sister Lara crashes back into town, stirring up the family’s chaotic past and bringing long-buried secrets to the surface that threaten to disrupt Matilda’s carefully compartmentalised life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Lonely mouth,’ he repeated. ‘It’s a Japanese expression. It means, like, you feel like you want to eat something, but you don’t know what it is. You’re looking for just the right thing. But maybe there is no right thing. Maybe you don’t need anything at all. But you can’t tell.’'A gorgeous, mesmerising novel' CLAIRE POWELL, author of AT THE TABLE'A singularly rich and moreish novel – I couldn't get enough of it' GRAINNE O'HARE, author of THIRST TRAP\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57218687598965,"sku":"9781784746681","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781784746681.jpg?v=1779437362","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781784746681","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}