{"product_id":"ripeness-long-buried-family-secrets-in-1960s-italy-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-of-summerwater","title":"Ripeness: long-buried family secrets in 1960s Italy from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Summerwater","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 1960s Italy to present-day Ireland, \u003ci\u003eRipeness\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting, luminous tale of love, grief, and the lifelong search for where we truly belong, from Sarah Moss, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSummerwater\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Moss makes every moment count' - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'The achievement of a lifetime' - Jessie Burton\u003cbr\u003e 'A book of lasting pleasures' - Eleanor Catton\u003cbr\u003e 'A powerful and beautifully written story of family, friendship and identity' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Just out of school and teetering on the brink of adulthood, Edith is sent alone to rural Italy. Her task is simple: support her sister Lydia, a brilliant but brittle ballet dancer, through the final weeks of her pregnancy. Once the child is born, she is to make a phone call that will change all of their lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Decades later, Edith is living a contented life in Ireland, happily divorced and unexpectedly free. But when her friend Méabh receives a call from a stranger claiming to be her brother, everything shifts. As Méabh confronts a history she never knew she had, Edith is pulled back into the long-buried story of the baby she once held, and lost.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Tender and rueful . . . Sarah Moss is a marvel of insight and eloquence' - Emma Donoghue, author of \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'One of our greatest living writers' - Katherine May, author of \u003ci\u003eWintering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Sarah Moss:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Throws much contemporary writing into the shade' - Hilary Mantel\u003cbr\u003e 'One of our very best contemporary novelists' - \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'A brilliant mind' \u003ci\u003e- The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Moss has quietly been putting out some of the most interesting and carefully sculpted novels of recent years' - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'One of the finest contemporary writers working in Britain today' - \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Is Sarah Moss the best British writer never nominated for the Booker?' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Nothing escapes her sly humour and brilliant touch' - Jessie Burton\u003cbr\u003e 'The most brilliant writer. She deserves to win all the prizes' - Joanna Trollope\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781529035490\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Moss, Sarah","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £7.85","offer_id":47970704818353,"sku":"SB-152903549X-C2","price":7.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/152903549X.jpg?v=1790275823","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/ripeness-long-buried-family-secrets-in-1960s-italy-from-the-sunday-times-bestselling-author-of-summerwater","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}