{"product_id":"9781787335318","title":"The Wreck","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Satisfyingly detailed and juicy... an utter treat' \u003cb\u003eAmy Liptrot\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Friendship, love and a gorgeous old house. A beautiful story beautifully told. I loved inhabiting \u003ci\u003eThe Wreck' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Stanley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo couples pursue their dream of communal living in the English countryside - and then it all comes tumbling down\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte and Francesca were best friends at university in the mid-1970s. But tensions coursed beneath their natural affection, deepening when Fran got together with Charlotte's friend Adrian, and the two women drifted apart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Fran contacts Charlotte out of the blue with an unusual proposal - an invitation to live with her and Adrian in the rambling house they've bought in the countryside - Charlotte impulsively persuades her partner, Bill, to accept this tantalising promise of a new kind of community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt first their new life feels utopian; life and space are shared joyfully. But it doesn't take long for old tensions to rise to the surface, shattering their illusions and showing each of them in a new light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wreck\u003c\/i\u003e is a glorious genre-defying illustrated novel about the messy tangle of love, envy and desire that underpins our most precious relationships, and the difficult paths we must take to discover our true selves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I fell hopelessly in love with \u003ci\u003eThe Wreck\u003c\/i\u003e... A beautiful, funny, clever, insightful book' \u003cb\u003eLisa Owens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A one-of-a-kind novel. I adored every page of it' \u003cb\u003eAna Kinsella\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tender and wise portrait of love and friendship' \u003cb\u003e Chloë Ashby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Cape","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57010036801909,"sku":"9781787335318","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781787335318.jpg?v=1774886142","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781787335318","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}