{"product_id":"close-to-home-9781472289926","title":"Close to Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eBestselling author Deborah Moggach's second novel, \"Close to Home,\" was first published in 1979. The novel explores family life, divorce, children, and relationships. Kate Cooper is married to James and tries to be the perfect wife, but she feels like she doesn't quite get it right. She meets her next-door neighbor, Sam, an aspiring novelist who has time on his hands. The novel follows one hot summer, passion, and dislocation as lives converge in unexpected ways. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 272 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 25 May 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Headline Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1979, this is the bestselling author Deborah Moggach's second novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoggach is at the height of her powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe really is the Nora Ephron of North London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe writes unflinchingly about family life, divorce, children, and the ups and downs of relationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate Cooper has been married to James for six years, and is trying very hard to be the model wife while he enjoys his high-flying career, but there's always something she feels she doesn't get quite right, whether it's her inability to remove their toddler son's pencil squiggles from the freshly painted walls, to the grubby button holes on her new blouse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen she meets aspiring novelist Sam, her next-door neighbour, a man who shouldn't, but does, have time on his hands. And he makes her laugh. But what about his wife, and their daughter Marion, dreaming her way through adolescence?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCLOSE TO HOME is a novel of one hot summer, of passion and dislocation, and of lives converging in unexpected ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 192g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 129 x 198 x 21 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781472289926\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deborah Moggach","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44257559937274,"sku":"9781472289926","price":13.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1685110795182_book.jpg?v=1685281101","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/close-to-home-9781472289926","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}