{"product_id":"9781529155433","title":"A Real Piece of Work","description":"Author: Bromley, Freya\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529155433\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe debut novel from the Nero Book Award shortlistee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NERO BOOK AWARD SHORTLISTED AUTHOR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sharp, tender, and bracingly honest' \u003cb\u003eOIS N MCKENNA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful story about grief and fractured families' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrima\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Introspective, funny, philosophical, and bringing the outside world in'\u003cb\u003e EMMA GANNON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tender and intricate novel . . . It's like looking at a family portrait through the shards of a broken frame'\u003cb\u003e WILLIAM RAYFET HUNTER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sharply observed, and deeply human.' \u003cb\u003eJENNIE GODFREY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A sparkling ode to sisterhood and finding the sublime in the everyday' \u003cb\u003eSHARLENE TEO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat does it mean for a stranger to think you're brave? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNola McConkey has made it. \u003ci\u003eAnimal Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e, the memoir she has written about her beloved late sister Darina, has become a hit. People read it, critics loved it, producers now want to make it into a movie. There's only one problem: everyone in her family has an opinion about the book - and none of them are good.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, someone has made an anonymous complaint to her publisher about \u003ci\u003eAnimal Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e. Nola is sure that only someone in her secretive, chaotic family could be to blame. As her parents and three remaining siblings prepare to spend the fifth anniversary of Darina's death together on the isolated island of Lundy, Nola knows this is the perfect opportunity to convince her accuser to pull the complaint before it causes irreparable damage - but first, she must discover who made it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Real Piece of Work \u003c\/i\u003eis a sparkling and spiky story of complicated families and even more complicated sisters, narrated with tenderness, nuance and wit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***PRAISE FOR FREYA BROMLEY***\u003cbr\u003e'Immersive and compelling' CATHY RENTZENBRINK\u003cbr\u003e'Beautiful, brilliantly written' EMMA GANNON\u003cbr\u003e'Astonishing . . . raw, poignant, bracing' \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48125227106462,"sku":"UBD-9781529155433","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529155433.jpg?v=1786455151","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529155433","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}