{"product_id":"the-benefactors","title":"The Benefactors","description":"AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What a joy it is to read'\u003cbr\u003eMichael Magee, author of Close to Home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I couldn't put this book down'\u003cbr\u003eSheena Patel, author of I'm A Fan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Powerful, moving, compelling, utterly enthralling'\u003cbr\u003eJon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A prodigiously talented author: funny and brutal by turns'\u003cbr\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The style of Woolf but the heart of Dickens'\u003cbr\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vital reading'\u003cbr\u003eSpectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to eighteen-year-old boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGorgeous Frankie, now married to a wealthy, older man, grew up in care. Miriam has recently lost her beloved husband Kahlil in ambiguous circumstances. Bronagh, the CEO of a children's services charity, loves celebrity and prestige. When their sons are accused of sexually assaulting a friend, Misty Johnston, they'll come together to protect their children, leveraging all the powers they possess. But on her side, Misty has the formidable matriarch, Nan D, and her father, taxi-driver Boogie: an alliance not so easily dismissed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrutal, tender and rigorously intelligent, The Benefactors is a daring, multi-voice presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland. It is also very funny.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53791935627602,"sku":"9781399741675","price":20.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_1b5fe8d9-c60f-45d0-8a50-2521898bd879.jpg?v=1781810834","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/the-benefactors","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}