{"product_id":"wreck-1","title":"Wreck","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller. A wonderful novel full of laughter and heart, about marriage, family and what happens when life doesn’t go as planned…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eThe kind of book that pulls up a chair, pours the wine, and dives deep...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003elike spending hours with the friend who sees your mess and loves you more for it.\u003c\/b\u003e' ALISON ESPACH, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I LOVE her work... the antidote to these times' \u003c\/b\u003eMARIAN KEYES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA gorgeously human, tender-hearted, and delightfully funny exploration of the anxieties that beset all of us, and the loving relationships and irrepressible joy that gets us through\u003c\/b\u003e' NUSSAIBAH YOUNIS, author of\u003ci\u003e Fundamentally\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_______\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel (Rocky) is seemingly living her best life as the irreverent, funny beating heart of her family. Her ageing father is his unique, adorable self; daughter Willa is prone to bouts of existential angst whilst berating the fact that her mother has zero filter; husband Nick is steady, logical, sometimes infuriating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThey are messy, they are flawed, they are completely, ridiculously normal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd like most normal people, Rocky worries about what might happen next. So when a former classmate of her son Jamie dies in a seemingly random accident, Rocky becomes obsessed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor if accidents can happen – and they do – is it truly safe to love anyone?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFresh, honest, laugh out loud funny and genuinely relatable, WRECK follows Rocky and her family through one rollercoaster year as they negotiate the unpredictable and beautiful messiness of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReaders say:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wreck feels like Newman was writing directly to me. And what's so impressive is, I think many, many, many readers will feel like it was just for them too' \u003c\/b\u003e⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Feels like meeting up with old friends' \u003c\/b\u003e⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'It’s like Catherine Newman knows exactly how I feel' \u003c\/b\u003e⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I feel seen every time I read [Catherine Newman's] words' \u003c\/b\u003e⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There is just some kind of magic in Catherine Newman’s writing that makes me want to dog-ear every page' \u003c\/b\u003e⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReviews say:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hugely enjoyable, absolutely real and thoughtful...Newman has an Ephron-esque gift for blending the sharp and the sad and an ability to let us love her creations.’\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Darkly funny, achingly emotional' \u003ci\u003eWoman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Insightful and totally relatable’ \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The new queen of the bittersweet novel’\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55451162083672,"sku":"9781529959697","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781529959697.jpg?v=1779947155","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/wreck-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}