{"product_id":"the-weekend-a-sunday-times-best-books-for-summer-2022","title":"Charlotte Wood: The Weekend [2020] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e books of the year: 'Ripples with wit, insight and vitality'\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e 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!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarian Keyes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLionel Shriver (\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, Books of the year)\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  'Radical... I really recommend it'  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton on \u003ci\u003eThe High Low \u003c\/i\u003epodcast\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Riveting'  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Day\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A perfect, funny, insightful, novel about women, friendship, and ageing. I loved it'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Stibbe\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What a terrific novel... Witty warm and wise'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Mayo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Charlotte Wood zooms in and makes these women increasingly sympathetic and individual in a way that really pulls on the heartstrings of the reader'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMariella Frostrup\u003c\/b\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Glorious... Charlotte Wood joins the ranks of writers such as Nora Ephron, Penelope Lively and Elizabeth Strout' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eThe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e triumphantly brings to life the honest, inner lives of women' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndependent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A lovely, lively, intelligent, funny book' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTessa Hadley\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One sharp, funny, heartbreaking and gorgeously-written package. I loved it' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaula Hawkins\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of those deceptively compact novels that continues to open doors in your mind long after the last page' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Gale\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I'm not looking forward to much this locked-down summer but \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e is definitely an exception. The premise sems the perfect vehicle for Wood's unsparing observation, great gift for storytelling and total lack of sentimentality'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEimear McBride\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSylvie, Jude, Wendy and Adele have a lifelong friendship of the best kind: loving, practical, frank and steadfast. 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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.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER: LITERARY FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD \u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS' CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE SOCIETY GOLD MEDAL\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE \u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MILES FRANKLIN PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wood, Charlotte","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":53191383187795,"sku":"XE81474612975","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":53191383220563,"sku":"9781474612975","price":21.41,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":48882816844115,"sku":"XV81474612975","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/wood-charlotte-charlotte-wood-the-weekend-2020-hardback-1226354006.jpg?v=1772880789","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/the-weekend-a-sunday-times-best-books-for-summer-2022","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}