{"product_id":"the-unexpected-paperback-3","title":"The Unexpected - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEllen Wiles\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Loved this clever and funny novel' Anna Mazzola\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A heartwarming depiction of female friendship as a bond stronger than any other' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wonderful... all sorts of common assumptions about motherhood and family are turned on their head. It's brilliant on friendship, identity, longing and resilience' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A thought-provoking and unputdownable story about the interconnectedness of female friendship, love, romance and family' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e*********************************************************************************\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKessie and Robin have been best friends since they were small. Now they've reached their mid-thirties, and biological clocks are ticking loudly. But Kessie is single, Robin's partner is ambivalent about trying for a baby, and single parenting sounds almost impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen one of them gets pregnant, the other finds herself helping out to an extent that neither had expected. How far is a supportive friend supposed to go? What do you do when you feel like a mother to a child who isn't yours? Are there alternative ways to conceive of a family?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*********************************************************************************\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA funny, addictive and poignant novel about what happens when the lines between friendship, romance, and family begin to blur. For fans of Meg Mason and Dolly Alderton.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Funny and heartwarming' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCloser\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Wiles writes with \u003cstrong\u003ehumour\u003c\/strong\u003e, tenderness and wisdom' \u003cstrong\u003eMarianne Levy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'\u003c\/strong\u003eAn\u003cstrong\u003e intelligent, \u003c\/strong\u003ethought-provoking, tender and very real exploration of friendship, pregnancy and the changing face of modern parenting' \u003cstrong\u003eSusannah Wise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I didn't want this novel to end...offers a brutally honest portrait of motherhood in its joys and despairs. \u003cstrong\u003eRadiant\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cstrong\u003eDonna Freitas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This novel reminds us that chosen families are as complicated, messy and \u003cstrong\u003ethick with love\u003c\/strong\u003e as biological ones' \u003cstrong\u003eRowan Hisayo Buchanan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal\u003c\/strong\u003e, thoughtful, stimulating and highly readable' \u003cstrong\u003eVesna Goldsworthy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eReaders love Ellen Wiles\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Absorbed from page one' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A fantastic read. I was completely gripped throughout' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Communicates a difficult topic with incredible insight and poetic language. I became completely absorbed by the characters' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Loved the characters and the way the story was told through them' Reader review, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEllen Wiles \u003c\/strong\u003egrew up in Reading and did a music degree at Oxford before turning to human rights and working as a lawyer in Thailand, Botswana, Myanmar and London. Her debut novel, \u003cem\u003e The Invisible Crowd\u003c\/em\u003e, was inspired by a case she worked on as a barrister, and was a Guardian Readers' book of the year and winner of the Victor Turner Prize for ethnographic writing. She is also the author of \u003cem\u003eSaffron Shadows \u003c\/em\u003e(2015), a book about literature, censorship and culture in Myanmar. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Exeter, and is the mother of two small children.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47262823350521,"sku":"9780008267889","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/pwWKrhQfnL9780008267889.webp?v=1768813561","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-unexpected-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}