{"product_id":"jack-bet","title":"Jack \u0026 Bet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A tender, unsentimental exploration of the bittersweet joys of lifelong companionship''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e–\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven the longest marriages have their secrets . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJack and Bet have been married for seventy years. Happily so, for the most part. Now, all they want is to enjoy the time they have left together in their small flat. But their son Tommy has other ideas: he thinks they should move out and opt for round-the-clock care in a very different kind of home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a young Romanian woman, Marinela, enters their lives, Bet thinks she might have found a solution to all of their problems; one that could change Marinela’s life for the better. But doing so would mean confronting a long-buried secret Bet has kept hidden from everyone, even Jack, for decades.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn irresistibly moving story about love and loss, Sarah Butler''s \u003ci\u003eJack \u0026amp; Bet \u003c\/i\u003eis at once a story of unlikely friendship and a tender look at a lifelong struggle to find a place to call home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Full of beauty, pain and joy, I loved \u003ci\u003eJack \u0026amp; Bet\u003c\/i\u003e'' –\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eLaura Barnett, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Versions of Us\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57315580903806,"sku":"NW9781509898176","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781509898176.jpg?v=1778716571","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/jack-bet","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}