{"product_id":"family-friends-chloz-ashby-9798897102341","title":"Family Friends","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \"sultry and evocative\" novel about the secrets and entanglements between a group of friends holidaying in the south of France. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince they first met at university twenty years ago, Maggie and Will have spent the last two weeks of every summer in France with their close friends, Lydia and Roland. Both families always look forward to this annual ritual--but this summer things are different. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Will has been hiding something from his wife, and is struggling to keep his deceit from seeping into the cracks in their marriage. Maggie is worried about their withdrawn teenage son. Roland is grappling with how to grieve the death of his first wife. Lydia is trying to ignore past chemistry with an old friend while learning to play second fiddle to a ghost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Into this already conflicted fray steps Issy, Roland's beguiling, irrepressible daughter from his first marriage. And as the August heat beats down, and the children behave in unexpected ways, the two couples find that tensions they have been trying their best to temper have begun to bubble over... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Family Friends is a deeply atmospheric, sophisticated and compelling novel about what happens when the ties of love and loyalty are stretched to the breaking point, how relationships change (and don't change) over time, and how we navigate the challenges thrown at us in every season of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chloë Ashby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798897102341\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Chloë Ashby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460414451967,"sku":"9798897102341","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58c000fa-c572-4baa-ba3f-6433c0c76328.jpg?v=1777414597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/family-friends-chloz-ashby-9798897102341","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}