{"product_id":"in-office-hours","title":"In Office Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003eLucy Kellaway, author of \u003ci\u003eMartin Lukes: Who Moved My Blackberry?\u003c\/i\u003e, explores the taboo of the office romance in her astutely observed and wickedly funny work satire \u003ci\u003eIn Office Hours\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStella Bradberry and Bella Chambers work at the same high-achieving, high-end London firm. Bella is a pretty, young single mum, but an assistant to men with half her smarts. Stella, a go-getting, multitasking mother of two, has a seat on the board firmly in her sights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then these two sharp, intelligent women do something rash: they embark on affair with male colleagues they wouldn't look twice at outside work. Suddenly, both are telling lies to friends, loved ones and workmates. In the grip of passions they cannot, nor wish to, control, they carelessly break all the rules, sabotaging friendships and careers.\u003cbr\u003eThey've risked their livelihood for love. But ending an affair is always harder than beginning one. . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Funny, frank and shrewd, this comic novel is always on the money' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Whip-smart and blisteringly observant. Funny, truthful and cracking satire' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Kellaway is very funny and acutely observant about workplace politics - the office here is a hotbed of passion and betrayal' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManagement Columnist for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Lucy Kellaway, lampoons modern corporate culture in her two novels: \u003ci\u003eMartin Lukes: Who Moved My Blackberry?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Office Hours\u003c\/i\u003e. You can follow Lucy on Twitter @lucykellaway or on her \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e blog and podcast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54251398070616,"sku":"9780141039886","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780141039886_0332c562-146f-4eeb-ae1e-f70ddee1b3ea.jpg?v=1764665118","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/in-office-hours","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}