{"product_id":"good-to-a-fault-9780099537458","title":"Good to a Fault","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbsorbed in her own failings, 43-year-old Clara Purdy crashes her life into a sharp left turn, taking the young family in the other car along with her. When bruises on the mother, Lorraine, prove to be late-stage cancer, Clara moves the three children and their terrible grandmother into her own house while Lorraine undergoes treatment at the local hospital.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe know what is good, but we don''t do it. In \u003ci\u003eGood to a Fault\u003c\/i\u003e, Clara decides to give it a try, and then has to cope with the consequences : exhaustion, fury, hilarity, and unexpected love. But she questions her own motives. Is she acting out of true goodness, or out of guilt? And most shamefully, has she taken the family over simply because she wants one of her own?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGood to a Fault\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning writer Marina Endicott examines what we owe in this life and what we deserve. And the result is a profound and unforgettable novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere's heartbreak, there's joy, there are parts where you cry - and it's very high quality writing. Well done! -- Margaret Atwood * Giller Prize Jury remarks *\u003cbr\u003eWitty and wise, light and dark, with many unexpected moments. -- Colm Tóibín\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGood to a Fault\u003c\/i\u003e is one of those novels you want to tell people about. It's unpretentious and affecting, with characters to remember and themes that linger and resound * Meg Wolitzer, author of The Ten-Year Nap *\u003cbr\u003eThe Canadian writer Marina Endicott's second novel, \u003ci\u003eGood to a Fault\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and one can see why. It's just as funny and absorbing as her debut, \u003ci\u003eOpen Arms\u003c\/i\u003e. * Patrick Gale *","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51618726936919,"sku":"9780099537458","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099537458.jpg?v=1756903017","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/good-to-a-fault-9780099537458","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}