{"product_id":"im-sorry-you-feel-that-way-1","title":"I'm Sorry You Feel That Way","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you liked Meg Mason's \u003cem\u003eSorrow and Bliss\u003c\/em\u003e, you'll love this novel.\u003cem\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the comedically brilliant author of \u003cem\u003eCry Havoc\u003c\/em\u003e, a wry, domestic comedy of manners that follows two generations of sisters as they grapple with unstable parents, mental illness, and the general tumult of adulthood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlice and Hanna havent spoken in yearsbut where better to reconnect with an estranged sister than at a funeral?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears earlier, their mother Celia and aunt Katy had their own tempestuous relationship. Katy was pretty and easy to love; Celia was unassuming and unprepossessing, according to their mother. But in her teens, Katy began to change, in bits, then bounds until finally, her doctors arrived at a diagnosis that then took all the familys energy, though they refused to admit it. Celia was on her own, developing hang-ups that come from a family suffering in silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Celia has her own childrentwins Alice and Hanna, saint and sinner, and their eternally disapproving brother Michaelher parenting is, predictably, unconventional. Alice and Hanna seem caught in the unforgiving hands of fate, doomed to repeat the cycle of Celia and Katy as Hanna spins out of control upon entering university.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the wryly beating heart of \u003cem\u003eIm Sorry You Feel That Way\u003c\/em\u003e are sisters, grappling with how family dynamics curdle or calcify over time. Bookended by funerals, where the foibles of human nature and the humor found at the nexus of denial and despair are inevitably on display, \u003cem\u003eIm Sorry You Feel That Way\u003c\/em\u003e is a whipsmart addition to a growing body of work by a gifted stylist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57495418306933,"sku":"9780063480353","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/im-sorry-you-feel-that-way-1","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}