{"product_id":"growing-up-for-beginners-claire-calman-9781804261675","title":"Growing Up for Beginners","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eIt's not easy being a grown-up, but Eleanor hoped she'd be better at it by now...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Eleanor waves her daughter off for a gap-year trip, she finds herself stuck as a satellite wife, spinning in faithful orbit around her domineering husband, with only her clever but judgmental father Conrad for comfort.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew isn't mastering the art of growing up either. But when he finds his belongings dumped in bin bags on the drive, even he can see that his girlfriend is hinting he should move out. With no other options, he moves back in with his parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBacking onto their garden lives artist Cecilia, living in chaotic clutter and dreaming of her ex-lovers, still acting like a stroppy teenager at the age of 66.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFour lives are drawn together by long-buried secrets of the past, and it is time for them all to grow up... before it's too late.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat readers are saying about \u003cem\u003eGrowing Up for Beginners: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The characterisation is brilliant, and the astute storytelling, punctuated by stiletto-sharp wit, produces an effervescent and \u003cstrong\u003espirit-lifting\u003c\/strong\u003e story.' Sunday Mirror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A poignant and beautifully articulated tale of love and loss, memory and forgetting, grief and guilt, new love and letting go. \u003cstrong\u003eI was engrossed\u003c\/strong\u003e, often tearful, and finally, uplifted.' Isobel Wolff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Simply wonderful.\u003c\/strong\u003e I was totally enchanted, devoured it in a day, and have been raving about it ever since.' Fiona Walker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claire Calman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 180426167X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804261675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boldwood Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d","brand":"Claire Calman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088841289983,"sku":"9781804261675","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1a9613d-478b-4146-aad8-4743085f5514.jpg?v=1769106846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/growing-up-for-beginners-claire-calman-9781804261675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}