{"product_id":"weekend-book-charlotte-wood-9780593086445","title":"The Weekend","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe #1 International Bestseller from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eStone Yard Devotional\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Natural Way of Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Big Chill\u003c\/i\u003e with a dash of \u003ci\u003eBig Little Lies . . .\u003c\/i\u003e Knife-sharp and deeply alive.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An insightful, poignant, and fiercely honest novel about female friendship and female aging.\" --Sigrid Nunez, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Friendship, ambition, love, sexual politics and death: it's all here in one sharp, funny, heartbreaking, and gorgeously written package. I loved it.\" --Paula Hawkins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Three women in their seventies reunite for one last, life-changing weekend in the beach house of their late friend.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Four older women 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e They are Jude, a once-famous restaurateur; Wendy, an acclaimed public intellectual; and Adele, a renowned actress now mostly out of work. Struggling to recall exactly why they've remained close all these years, the grieving women gather at Sylvie's old beach house--not for festivities this time, but to clean it out before it is sold. Can they survive together without her?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Without Sylvie to maintain the group's delicate equilibrium, frustrations build and painful memories press in. Fraying tempers, an elderly dog, unwelcome guests, and too much wine collide in a storm that brings long-buried hurts to the surface--and threatens to sweep away their friendship for good.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Weekend\u003c\/i\u003e explores growing old and growing up, and what happens when we're forced to uncover the lies we tell ourselves. Sharply observed and excruciatingly funny, this is a jewel of a book: a celebration of tenderness and friendship from an award-winning writer.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49889868808465,"sku":"GOR013101304","price":45.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50113094025489,"sku":"CIN0593086449G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50306977628433,"sku":"CIN0593086449VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50669850034449,"sku":"GOR013439157","price":10.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51004206186769,"sku":"NIN9780593086445","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":53094565347601,"sku":"CIN0593086449A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0593086449.jpg?v=1751230694","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-ie\/products\/weekend-book-charlotte-wood-9780593086445","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}