{"product_id":"the-weekend","title":"The Weekend","description":"A #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER  \r\nOne of The Times books of the year: 'Ripples with wit, insight and vitality'  \r\n\r\n'The Weekend is so great I am struggling to find the words to do it justice... Wood is an agonisingly gifted writer: I am now going to read all her other books!'\r\nMarian Keyes\r\n\r\n'It was refreshing to encounter a novel that so profoundly sympathises with women on the forbidding cusp of being classified as \"elderly\". Wood ably conveys that older women didn't used to be old, and that the experience of ageing is universally bewildering'\r\nLionel Shriver (Observer, Books of the year)  \r\n\r\n  'Radical... I really recommend it'  \r\nPandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton on The High Low podcast\r\n\r\n'Riveting'  \r\nElizabeth Day \r\n\r\n'A perfect, funny, insightful, novel about women, friendship, and ageing. I loved it'\r\nNina Stibbe  \r\n\r\n'What a terrific novel... Witty warm and wise'\r\nSimon Mayo\r\n\r\n'Charlotte Wood zooms in and makes these women increasingly sympathetic and individual in a way that really pulls on the heartstrings of the reader'\r\nMariella Frostrup     \r\n\r\n'Authentic, funny, brutally well-observed... As with the novels of Elizabeth Strout or Anne Tyler, these are characters not written to please, but to feel true'\r\nThe Sunday Times    \r\n\r\n'Glorious... Charlotte Wood joins the ranks of writers such as Nora Ephron, Penelope Lively and Elizabeth Strout' \r\nGuardian\r\n\r\n'The Weekend triumphantly brings to life the honest, inner lives of women' \r\nIndependent\r\n\r\n'A lovely, lively, intelligent, funny book' \r\nTessa Hadley  \r\n\r\n'One sharp, funny, heartbreaking and gorgeously-written package. I loved it' \r\nPaula Hawkins\r\n\r\n'One of those deceptively compact novels that continues to open doors in your mind long after the last page' \r\nPatrick Gale\r\n\r\n'I'm not looking forward to much this locked-down summer but The Weekend is definitely an exception. The premise sems the perfect vehicle for Wood's unsparing observation, great gift for storytelling and total lack of sentimentality'\r\nEimear McBride  \r\n\r\nSylvie, Jude, Wendy and Adele have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank and steadfast. But when Sylvie dies, the ground shifts dangerously for the remaining three.\r\n\r\nThese women couldn't be more different: Jude, a once-famous restaurateur with a spotless life and a long-standing affair with a married man; Wendy, an acclaimed feminist intellectual; Adele, a former star of the stage, now practically homeless. \r\n\r\nStruggling to recall exactly why they've remained close all these years, the grieving women gather for one last weekend at Sylvie's old beach house. But fraying tempers, an elderly dog, unwelcome guests and too much wine collide in a storm that brings long-buried hurts to the surface - a storm that will either remind them of the bond they share, or sweep away their friendship for good.    \r\n\r\nWINNER: LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD \r\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS' CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR\r\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY GOLD MEDAL\r\nSHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE \r\nLONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN PRIZE \r\n\r\nPRAISE FOR CHARLOTTE WOOD\r\n'An unforgettable reading experience' Liane Moriarty\r\n'An unflinching eye and audacious imagination' Guardian\r\n'Savage: think Atwood in the outback' Paula Hawkins","brand":"Charlotte Wood","offers":[{"title":"Orion \/ 25 Jun 2020 \/ 442","offer_id":52024110809429,"sku":"9781474612982","price":3.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0501\/4188\/8668\/files\/9781474612982.webp?v=1764843963","url":"https:\/\/www.bookworld.ie\/products\/the-weekend","provider":"Book World Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}