{"product_id":"the-benefactors-paperback","title":"The Benefactors (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR NOVEL OF THE YEAR AT THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to eighteen-year-old boys.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBrutal, tender and rigorously intelligent,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Benefactors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a daring, multi-voice presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland. It is also very funny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wendy Erskine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169475018930,"sku":"9781399741705","price":305.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/194512_9781399741705.jpg?v=1773135106","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/the-benefactors-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}