{"product_id":"9781399741675","title":"The Benefactors","description":"Author: Wendy Erskine\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399741675\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 24 Jun 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'What a joy it is to read'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMichael Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eClose to Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I couldn't put this book down'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSheena Patel, author of \u003ci\u003eI'm A Fan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful, moving, compelling, utterly enthralling'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJon McGregor, author of \u003ci\u003eReservoir 13\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A prodigiously talented author: funny and brutal by turns'\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The style of Woolf but the heart of Dickens'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Vital reading'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to eighteen-year-old boys.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrutal, tender and rigorously intelligent,\u003ci\u003e The Benefactors\u003c\/i\u003e is a daring, multi-voice presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland. It is also very funny.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46713712902302,"sku":"ADS-9781399741675","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399741675.jpg?v=1776039033","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399741675","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}