{"product_id":"the-homemade-god-rachel-joyce","title":"The Homemade God (Rachel Joyce)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFamily is everything, even when it falls apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the escapist new \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eMiss Benson's Beetle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The perfect holiday read.'\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A must-read.'\u003c\/b\u003e Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I didn't think it was possible to love Rachel Joyce's writing more, then I read The Homemade God...gorgeous.'\u003c\/b\u003e - Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe List of Suspicious Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Rachel Joyce is a masterful storyteller.' \u003c\/b\u003e- Sarah Winman, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStill Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e---------------------\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a heatwave across Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGoose and his three sisters gather at the family's house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their father, a famous artist, has recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece. Now he is dead and there is no sign of a painting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough the siblings have always been close, as they search for answers over that summer, the things they learn - about themselves, their father and their new stepmother - will drive them apart before they can come to any kind of understanding of what their father's legacy truly is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eExtraordinarily compelling, at heart this is a novel about sibling relationships and those hairline cracks that can appear within a family: what happens when they splinter, and what it would take to mend them. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Homemade God\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The most moving, beautiful and brilliant book I've read in a long time.'\u003c\/b\u003e - Claire Pooley, author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Age Disgracefully\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A triumph of insight and empathy!' \u003c\/b\u003e- Clare Chambers, author of \u003ci\u003eSmall Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sharp, absorbing, emotionally intelligent.' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Deeply satisfying.' \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A highly compelling mystery and a tender, brilliantly drawn exploration of sibling dynamics. I couldn't put it down.'\u003c\/b\u003e - India Knight, author of \u003ci\u003eDarling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Joyce is a fearless explorer of emotional landscape.' \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If only there were more novelists like Rachel Joyce.' \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Joyce writes with her trademark vitality and ... I couldn't put it down.' \u003c\/b\u003e- Esther Freud, author of \u003ci\u003eHideous Kinky\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMr Mac and Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Lyrical, shrewd and, ultimately, as indecently satisfying as a four course Italian lunch. My life is a little emptier now it's over.' \u003c\/b\u003e- Patrick Gale, author of \u003ci\u003eA Place Called Winter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sparkling and addictive ... Rachel Joyce is so incredibly good and wise on families and siblings. 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