{"product_id":"a-sense-of-occasion-brodie-crellin-9798217177394","title":"A Sense of Occasion","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn electric, stylish, and very British, novel exploring the tensions and transgressions of family, relationships and sex, as one (dysfunctional) family gathers for a funeral.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter Mary's sudden death, a fractured family reunites in a small English village for a funeral over a hot summer weekend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatch is clearly overwhelmed by hosting a wake for her mother in her childhood home, but is trying to muddle through, starting with the menu. Robin wants to support, but instead of assuming the role of responsible father, he heads to his former haunt: the layby where he used to meet farmers for sex. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJude is on her way from Naples, meanwhile, worrying less about her estranged cousin Patch and more about whether there's a medicinal bag of cocaine in the boot. She hasn't told the family she's en route. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrown together in Mary's tiny home, each member of the family is trying to feel something: to atone, to connect, to punish, to be better. But they rarely have one another's best interests at heart, and as the connection between them twists and contorts, they lose sight of the rules and grasp towards anything that might make it all less painful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDarkly funny, astute, and highly entertaining, \u003ci\u003eA Sense of Occasion \u003c\/i\u003esubverts and perverts expectations to explore the dysfunctional nature of family, relationships and sex, and the fractious desires that simmer beneath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brodie Crellin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798217177394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Riverhead Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.91d","brand":"Brodie Crellin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47579533082879,"sku":"9798217177394","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_559ca215-6c24-41e8-b574-5b2d1c7f4b2e.jpg?v=1763874841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sense-of-occasion-brodie-crellin-9798217177394","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}