{"product_id":"benefactors","title":"Benefactors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''What a joy it is to read''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eClose to Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I couldn''t put this book down''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSheena Patel, author of \u003ci\u003eI''m A Fan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Powerful, moving, compelling, utterly enthralling''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon McGregor, author of \u003ci\u003eReservoir 13\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eA prodigiously talented author: funny and brutal by turns''\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The style of Woolf but the heart of Dickens''\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Vital reading''\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpectator\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I miss it already . . . What a beautiful, hilarious blast of brilliance''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonal Ryan, author of \u003ci\u003eHeart, Be at Peace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A cast of characters so vividly drawn it feels like you''ve known them all your life''\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColin Walsh, author of\u003ci\u003e Kala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to eighteen-year-old boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGorgeous Frankie, now married to a wealthy, older man, grew up in care. Miriam has recently lost her beloved husband Kahlil in ambiguous circumstances. Bronagh, the CEO of a children''s services charity, loves celebrity and prestige. When their sons are accused of sexually assaulting a friend, Misty Johnston, they''ll come together to protect their children, leveraging all the powers they possess. But on her side, Misty has the formidable matriarch, Nan D, and her father, taxi-driver Boogie: an alliance not so easily dismissed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrutal, tender and rigorously intelligent,\u003ci\u003e The Benefactors\u003c\/i\u003e is a daring, multi-voice presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland. It is also very funny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57483525095797,"sku":"9781399741705","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399741705.jpg?v=1786178698","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/benefactors","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}