{"product_id":"9781399741668","title":"The Benefactors : the moving and utterly enthralling debut novel about class, power and what being a parent means.","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Erskine, Wendy \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 19 June 2025 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Sceptre) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 336 pages, N\/A\u003cbr\u003e224 x 148 x 30 | 442g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025  '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":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46950980387075,"sku":"9781399741668","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781399741668.jpg?v=1750431182","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781399741668","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}