{"product_id":"the-frank-business-9781473691841","title":"The Frank Business","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A talented, witty writer with a sharp eye for social observation'' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter Frank drops down dead in Heathrow Arrivals on Christmas Eve, his estranged daughter Jem is called in to identify the body. When Jem travels back to Frank''s house in France - a house she hasn''t been in since she was a child - she realises that Frank had a son too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrank has died of a congenital heart defect, a defect he may have passed on to his daughter - or on to his son. Jem must warn her brother, but in finding herself a family she risks ripping another apart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShrewd, witty and poignant, \u003ci\u003eThe Frank Business\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid tale of love and other battlefields.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Frank Business\u003c\/i\u003e starts with a death, works through shock revelations and ends with a satisfying resolution . . . This meditation on the meaning of family is fabulously written, moving and wry\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGleaming moments of dark humour and droll dialogue . . . an absorbing, psychologically agile novel\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe has the ability, like Anita Shreve or Maggie O'Farrell, to scrutinise and describe complex family dynamics with forensic precision\u003c\/b\u003e * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA talented, witty writer with a sharp eye for social observation\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI sank into the book, and looked forward to diving back into its world each time I was away from it\u003c\/b\u003e . . . Olivia Glazebrook's writing has \u003cb\u003ea lovely, fluid rhythm\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eshe writes with insight and candour\u003c\/b\u003e about complex family dynamics, and the ways in which we love and hurt each other * Laura Barnett *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivia Glazebrook nails the complexity of family dynamics with sharp, witty writing\u003c\/b\u003e * Good Housekeeping *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intriguing read about undisclosed family issues\u003c\/b\u003e * Prima *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e[A] finely written and very English novel . . . The plotting and interweaving of narrative lines are worthy of Jane Austen . . . Glazebrook writes with a literary style but is not above being very entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e * Irish Examiner *","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739553182039,"sku":"9781473691841","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473691841.jpg?v=1720052571","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-frank-business-9781473691841","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}