{"product_id":"carry-the-one","title":"Carry the One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Here's passion and addiction, guilt and damage, all the beautiful mess of family life. \u003ci\u003eCarry the One\u003c\/i\u003e will lift readers off their feet and bear them along on its eloquent tide' \u003ci\u003eEmma Donoghue \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early hours of the morning, following a wedding reception, a car filled with stoned, drunk and sleepy guests accidentally hits and kills a girl on a dark country road. For the next twenty-five years, the lives of those involved are subtly shaped by this tragic moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough friendships and love affairs, marriage and divorce, parenthood, addiction, and the modest calamities and triumphs of ordinary days, \u003ci\u003eCarry the One\u003c\/i\u003e shows how one life affects another and how those who thrive and those who self-destruct are closer to each other than we'd expect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Her deftly episodic novel of love, time and off-beat family life is warm, generous and wise. An enormously engaging novel'  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eCarry The One\u003c\/i\u003eis a finely crafted novel, full of phrases you want to cut out and keep, and characters you think you know. It is delicate in its touch, yet huge in its reach'  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superb . . . Anshaw sees her characters with startling clarity and no small helping of warmth and humour . . . Anshaw's writing [is] subtle, bemused, kind and smart, she nails moment after moment . . .\u003ci\u003eCarry The One\u003c\/i\u003eis a marvellous novel, grown-up, smart and emotionally intelligent about people who, like the rest of us, try but mostly fail to keep their ducks in a row'  \u003cb\u003ePatrick Ness, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A tender tale of what happens to ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances'  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A funny, vivid and pingingly true story about longing and the pain of love. Anshaw conveys beefy emotions and life-changing events with the most gossamer of touches'  \u003cb\u003eRachel Johnson,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you love Jonathan Franzen, you'll love this compelling book'  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221664125272,"sku":"9780241963968","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780241963968_d1b35cf6-ac68-432e-82d1-14eb449680d1.jpg?v=1764666031","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/carry-the-one","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}