{"product_id":"the-benefactors-by-wendy-erskine-9781399741705","title":"The Benefactors","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Observer Best Debut Novel 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for Novel of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Gordon Burn Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'What a joy it is to read'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMichael Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eClose to Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I couldn't put this book down'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSheena Patel, author of \u003ci\u003eI'm A Fan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Powerful, moving, compelling, utterly enthralling'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJon McGregor, author of \u003ci\u003eReservoir 13\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A prodigiously talented author: funny and brutal by turns'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The style of Woolf but the heart of Dickens'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Vital reading'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpectator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I miss it already . . . What a beautiful, hilarious blast of brilliance'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDonal Ryan, author of \u003ci\u003eHeart, Be at Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A cast of characters so vividly drawn it feels like you've known them all your life'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eColin Walsh, author of \u003ci\u003eKala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to eighteen-year-old boys.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\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\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrutal, tender and rigorously intelligent, \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactors\u003c\/i\u003e is a daring, multi-voice presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland. It is also very funny.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47355058225388,"sku":"9781399741705","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/81_B2HgohYL._SL1500.jpg?v=1772761700","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-benefactors-by-wendy-erskine-9781399741705","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}