{"product_id":"the-homemade-god","title":"The Homemade God","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Rachel Joyce \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e384 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned by the author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamily is everything, even when it falls apart. Discover the brand-new novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The perfect holiday read ...There’s a new heft and grandeur, not only in the sophisticated characters and the fancy Italian real estate, but in the hidden darkness that can exist in a family ... Rachel Joyce is firing on all cylinders.’ THE TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A beautifully written family drama ... Long after I finished the last page, I found I missed these characters – always the sign of a special book’ - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A thoroughly engaging examination of familial truths that define and endanger the precious, ever-precarious sibling bond. The beautiful writing, unforgettable characters, and stunning setting make this a must-read.' - Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'It made me laugh, it made me cry and I couldn’t put it down. If you are a fan of Maggie O’Farrell you must read this.' - Louise Minchin, TV presenter and author of Isolation Island \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Rachel Joyce is a masterful storyteller.' - Sarah Winman, author of Still Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e’The renowned artist - the emotionally starved children - what an inspired subject! Joyce writes with her trademark vitality and compassion and there is such colour here. So much at stake. I couldn’t put it down.’ - Esther Freud, author of Hideous Kinky and Mr Mac and Me\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Lyrical, shrewd and, ultimately, as indecently satisfying as a four course Italian lunch. My life is a little emptier now it's over.' - Patrick Gale, author of A Place Called Winter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a heatwave across Europe. Goose 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow he is dead and there is no sign of a painting. Although 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. Extraordinarily compelling, at heart this is a novel about sibling relationships and those hairline cracks that can appear within a family: what what happens when they splinter, and what it would take to mend them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Sparkling and addictive … Rachel Joyce is so incredibly good and wise on families and siblings. I couldn’t love it more.' - Harriet Evans, author of The Garden of Lost and Found\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A triumph of insight and empathy!’ - Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Joyce is a fearless explorer of emotional landscape.' – Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'If only there were more novelists like Rachel Joyce' – Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hunt's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55805387997565,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780857528193.jpg?v=1745077147","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/the-homemade-god","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}