The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E by Claire Parkin

The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E by Claire Parkin

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The darkly comic debut novel from Claire Parkin. A tale of toxic friends, lost love and deep seething resentment. For all the fans of Joanna Cannon and Gail Honeyman.

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The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E by Claire Parkin

'Beautifully written, dark, twisted and often funny' Charlotte Levin 'Dark and twisted, comic and toxic. I loved it!' Jenny Colgan 'Shocking and compelling. I raced through it. Fabulous' Daily Mail Ruth and Muriel are best friends. And often, worst enemies. Inseparable since they were little, Ruth and Muriel have shared everything. Now, fate has left them living together in a North London home, with Ruth caring for Muriel in her deteriorating health, playing Scrabble, arguing and making up, passing the days in monotony. Until one afternoon, when Muriel makes an unexpected and sinister announcement: ‘In exactly seventy-two hours, I am going to die’. The end might be in sight for Muriel, but that’s just the beginning of this story about two old friends who have seventy-six years of history – and more than one shocking secret – between them . . . A darkly comic novel about two old friends, a lifelong (toxic) friendship, and the very fine line between love and hate. Perfect for fans of Joanna Cannon, Charlotte Levin and Jennie Godfrey.
Claire Parkin was born and brought up in a village just outside Cardiff, and graduated from King’s College London with an MA in 19th Century English and American Literature. She worked as a journalist on women’s general-interest magazines for many years, writing for Essentials, Woman & Home and Candis, where she was known for being able to turn her hand to pretty much anything – from interviewing boxing champs and war correspondents, to learning how to pole dance and the correct way to iron a shirt. Other career highlights include taste-testing eight varieties of mince pie during an August heatwave, begging Victoria Beckham to donate a dress to a charity raffle, and visiting six second-hand car dealerships in one afternoon, in a bid to expose sexism in the motoring industry.
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ISBN 13 9781035028467
ISBN 10 1035028468
Title The Final Hours of Muriel Hinchcliffe M.B.E
Author Claire Parkin
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Year published 2024-03-21
Number of pages 320
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.