{"product_id":"we-are-the-brennans-9781529094473","title":"We Are the Brennans","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the vein of Maggie O’Farrell and John Boyne, Tracey Lange’s critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Brennans \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the staying power of shame - and the redemptive power of love – in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome secrets you keep from your family. And some secrets you keep \u003ci\u003efor \u003c\/i\u003eyour family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen twenty-nine-year-old Sunday Brennan wakes up in a Los Angeles hospital, bruised and battered after a drunk-driving accident she caused, she swallows her pride and goes home to her family in New York. But it’s not easy. She deserted them all – and her high school sweetheart – five years before, with little explanation, and they’ve got questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSunday is determined to rebuild her life back on the East Coast, even if it does mean tiptoeing around resentful brothers and an ex-fiancé. The longer she stays, however, the more she realizes they need her just as much as she needs them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a dangerous man from her past brings her family’s pub business to the brink of financial ruin, Sunday knows that the only way to protect her family is to reveal deeply buried secrets – secrets that will threaten everything they know about their lives. In the aftermath, the Brennan family is forced to confront painful mistakes - and find a way forward, together.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An astonishingly accomplished debut - the Brennans leap fully formed onto the page in this brilliantly judged novel of the intricacies of family life . . . Wholly engrossing.' - Cathy Kelly, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year That Changed Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully observed portrait of dysfunctional family life. -- Hannah Beckerman * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAn astonishingly accomplished debut - the Brennans leap fully formed onto the page in this brilliantly judged novel of the intricacies of family life where the past can shadow the future until someone breaks free. Secrets abound and it's blissful to watch the Brennans from the sidelines, both a part of the family dynamics and yet, gloriously not in the middle of the fractures. Wholly engrossing. -- Cathy Kelly\u003cbr\u003eConfident, polished debut novel . . . a book about secrets * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eThe Brennans are a great complex fictional family * Entertainment Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eLange’s engaging family drama is fuelled by secrets and full of heart * People *\u003cbr\u003eA very accomplished debut and sublime storytelling. It oozes tension, but has so much warmth and tenderness too. I loved meeting this dysfunctional family. -- Claire Allan, author of \u003ci\u003eHer Name Was Rose\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nurse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI thoroughly enjoyed this tale of a close-knit family's individual and collective crises. Sharply written, well-observed, and a gorgeous mix of heart-warming and edgy with a massively touching love story at its heart. -- Tracy Rees, author of\u003ci\u003e Amy Snow \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Rose Garden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLange’s sizzling debut novel, which is an instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, explores the staying power of shame – and the redemptive power of love – in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets * Good Morning America *\u003cbr\u003eTracey Lange expertly captures the way one harrowing night can forever change a family. I devoured every page of this confident, accomplished debut -- Amy Meyerson, internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bookshop of Yesterdays \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Imperfects \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReading this novel is like getting a view through a lighted window on a family sitting around a table after dark. All families have their own story and the ways they tell it to themselves, and untangling the many strands of this one was deep and richly satisfying. -- Sarah Blake, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Guest Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLange skilfully contrasts the solace of family ties with the paralyzing burden of carrying secrets for too long. Her flawed but big-hearted Brennans will sneak under your skin * Star Tribune *\u003cbr\u003eLange’s richly layered debut . . . deftly examines the long shadow of family history and the bonds that cannot be broken * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003eIn Lange’s accomplished debut . . . she keeps all of the Brennans sizzling with humanity while they grapple with familial loyalty. Fans of intense family dramas are in for a treat * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eIn the vein of Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney’s \u003ci\u003eThe Nest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe Are the Brennans\u003c\/i\u003e explores the redemptive power of love in an Irish Catholic family torn apart by secrets * PureWow *","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409891565911,"sku":"9781529094473","price":8.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529094473.jpg?v=1730508366","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-are-the-brennans-9781529094473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}