{"product_id":"the-carer-9781472260499","title":"The Carer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e''\u003cb\u003eMoggach is at the height of her powers with this book, which moves from a beautifully observed comedy of middle-class life to an immensely moving celebration of two imperfect marriages''\u003ci\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable novel about age, caring and with a twist you won''t see coming...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA cracking, crackling social comedy, with some brilliant observations about ageing and a devilish \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eplot twist'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ea deliciously funny, poignant and wry novel, full of surprising twists and turns:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames is getting on a bit and needs full-time help. So Phoebe and Robert, his middle-aged offspring, employ Mandy, who seems willing to take him off their hands. But as James regales his family with tales of Mandy''s virtues, their shopping trips and the shared pleasure of their journeys to garden centres, Phoebe and Robert sense something is a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnputdownable, fun and tender \u003c\/b\u003ewith characters that jump off the page.\u003cb\u003e Perfection\u003c\/b\u003e -- Marian Keyes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoggach is at the height of her powers\u003c\/b\u003e with this book, which moves from \u003cb\u003ea beautifully observed comedy of middle-class life\u003c\/b\u003e to an immensely moving celebration of two imperfect marriages * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA cracking, crackling social comedy\u003c\/b\u003e with some brilliant people observations about ageing and \u003cb\u003ea devilish plot twist\u003c\/b\u003e -- Robbie Millen * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eMoggach's latest is \u003cb\u003efull of warmth and humour\u003c\/b\u003e as well as blistering truths about the sorrowful threads that bind families * Daily Mirror *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a world full of \u003cb\u003echarm, warmth and pitch-perfect humour,\u003c\/b\u003e but it is also a world punctuated by Moggach's \u003cb\u003eblistering truths on the tangled, sorrowful threads of resentment and disappointment that bind families together\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * Sunday Express, S Mag *\u003cbr\u003eInfuses the subject with her \u003cb\u003etrademark humour and pathos,\u003c\/b\u003e reshaping a societal dilemma into a family drama, \u003cb\u003eby turns compelling and surprising \u003c\/b\u003e- her nuanced characterisations make the subject matter really come alive -- Hannah Beckerman * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eMoggach addresses an all too common nightmare with \u003cb\u003eruthless honesty and sublime wit\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Carer\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eone of the funniest novels I have read for ages\u003c\/b\u003e -- Kate Saunders * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, there's a chance you'll love the author's new novel even more. \u003cb\u003eA heartwarming triumph\u003c\/b\u003e * Woman \u0026amp; Home *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWickedly, witty entertainment\u003c\/b\u003e. Moggach is so very good at describing the ordinary, she transforms it into the unusual, shocking and fascinating. Behind the normality of people's lives there often lies an extraordinary story. It's this that Moggach tells with \u003cb\u003einsight, acute observation of character and mordant humour\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Carer\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean immediately relevant work\u003c\/b\u003e, a fiction anchored in reality * Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurprising, funny \u003c\/b\u003eand certain to have more than one reader wincing in recognition * The i *\u003cbr\u003eI love her book - and this one especially. \u003cb\u003eIt's marvellous\u003c\/b\u003e -- India Knight\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003cb\u003ejoyous\u003c\/b\u003e novel ... a sustained satire on smug middle-class mores, like a deranged Archers omnibus. Can there be higher praise? -- Wendy Holden * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003esharp, witty\u003c\/b\u003e, characteristically generous and \u003cb\u003egallopingly readable\u003c\/b\u003e novel * Readers Digest *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ewitty\u003c\/b\u003e tale, with beautifully drawn characters * Best *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoving and funny\u003c\/b\u003e * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGood, rollicking\u003c\/b\u003e, and occasionally, what with the file of evasions, duplicity and fractured emotion, wounding and \u003cb\u003ereflective\u003c\/b\u003e stuff * Private Eye *\u003cbr\u003eI just loved it - \u003cb\u003eso touching and wise and funny,\u003c\/b\u003e full of all the lovely touches that Debby is so good at. She \u003cb\u003edraws characters so deftly\u003c\/b\u003e; you begin to think you know them from the smallest of observations. They're all so human! -- Sabine Durrant\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Carer\u003c\/i\u003e will ring bells for any reader with parents reaching the grab-rail stage of life but proves \u003cb\u003eas touching as it's funny.\u003c\/b\u003e Moggach writes in the best funny-ouch tradition, her humour always rooted in \u003cb\u003eacute observation of our frailties and appetites\u003c\/b\u003e -- Patrick Gale\u003cbr\u003eDeborah Moggach's \u003cb\u003ewarm heart and cool eye for hilarious British idiosyncrasies\u003c\/b\u003e are both on top form here - \u003cb\u003eI laughed like a drain\u003c\/b\u003e. Specially at the hippy Lothario in the wet Welsh woods -- Louisa Young\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written, oozing interesting \u003cb\u003echaracters that you genuinely care about\u003c\/b\u003e -- Adele Parks\u003cbr\u003eLit up a dull day with its \u003cb\u003ewarmth and wit\u003c\/b\u003e * Tessa Hadley *\u003cbr\u003eThe most endearing of humorists, \u003cb\u003eDeborah Moggach casts a penetrating eye on our foibles and fantasies\u003c\/b\u003e. Neither ageing, nor death - as The Carer so beautifully demonstrates - can resist her comic scrutiny * Lisa Appignanesi *\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cb\u003ewry, witty and wise \u003c\/b\u003enovel, full of \u003cb\u003einsight and understanding\u003c\/b\u003e' * Susie Boyt *","brand":"Headline Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49084000895319,"sku":"9781472260499","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781472260499.jpg?v=1725550725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-carer-9781472260499","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}