{"product_id":"suckerfish","title":"Suckerfish","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSTYLIST \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRADIO TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book for 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliantly unsettling' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Complicated, brilliant and achingly real . . . \u003ci\u003eSuckerfish \u003c\/i\u003ewill quietly rip at your heart and then gently stitch it back up again' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Skinny\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are women with higher callings than motherhood. And there are their daughters.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKolia is in her twenties, caring for other people's children and looking for a way out of London's dead-end days. She is not looking to be pulled back into the orbit of her passionate, fiery, vulnerable mother, but she may have no choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Kolia's childhood, her mother loomed large, both saint and celebrity. Now, she will go to any lengths to repair relations with her estranged daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA painful love letter to childishness, innocence and imagination, \u003ci\u003eSUCKERFISH\u003c\/i\u003e scrutinises what we really owe each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The archetypal working, absent, vindictive mother that society is so scared of is fully realised here in complex glory' \u003cb\u003eJess Shannon, author of \u003ci\u003eCleaner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lewis's writing is likably feisty and alive, full of verve and pizzazz' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Explores the knottiness of care and ambition with great empathy' \u003cb\u003eSarvat Hasin, author of \u003ci\u003eStrange Girls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55634688901464,"sku":"9780349703367","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780349703367.jpg?v=1777992326","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/suckerfish","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}