{"product_id":"sweet-home","title":"Sweet Home","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A gripping, wonderfully understated book that oozes humanity, emotion and humour.'' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2020 Butler Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Edge Hill Prize 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eAudible Short Story Award 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Wendy Erskine’s first collection, \u003ci\u003eSweet Home\u003c\/i\u003e . . . is every bit as good as her early stories in the always astute \u003ci\u003eStinging Fly\u003c\/i\u003e magazine promised.’ Jon McGregor, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the author’s native Belfast, the ten stories in \u003ci\u003eSweet Home\u003c\/i\u003e lay bare the heartbreak and quiet tragedies that run under the surface of everyday lives. A lonely woman is fascinated by her niqab-wearing\u003cbr\u003eneighbours; a middle-aged teacher becomes obsessed with a young Gaelic football player; and an employer covers for his two employees caught having sex in a public toilet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWendy Erskine offers perfectly formed, brilliantly observed portraits of people trying to carve out a life for themselves, all the while being buffeted by the loss, grief and regret that come their way. Warm, compassionate and funny, \u003ci\u003eSweet Home\u003c\/i\u003e captures life in contemporary East Belfast, in all of its forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Book of the Year in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe White Review, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316866785662,"sku":"NW9781529017076","price":11.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529017076.jpg?v=1778261746","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/sweet-home","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}