{"product_id":"life-without-children-9780593300589","title":"Life Without Children","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[Doyle] imparts a sense of poignancy and glimpses of happiness, of grief and loss and small moments of connection . . . you’re left feeling close to dazzled.” —Daphne Merkin, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA brilliantly warm and witty portrait of our pandemic lives, told in ten heartrending short stories, from the Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e–\u003cb\u003ewinning author of \u003ci\u003ePaddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove and marriage. Children and family. Death and grief. Life touches everyone the same. But living under lockdown, it changes us alone.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn these ten beautifully moving short stories written mostly over the last year, Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle paints a collective portrait of our strange times. A man abroad wanders the stag-and-hen-strewn streets of Newcastle, as news of the virus at home asks him to question his next move. An exhausted nurse struggles to let go, having lost a much-loved patient in isolation. A middle-aged son, bar","brand":"Penguin Putnam Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525764718935,"sku":"9780593300589","price":16.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/life-without-children-9780593300589","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}