{"product_id":"9780008444532","title":"The Answer to Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eA heartbreakingly moving and hilariously funny novel about marriage, parenting, love, desire and betrayal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘Captivating’ Ruth Jones, author of \u003cem\u003eUs Three\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e ‘Tremendous’ William Boyd author of \u003cem\u003eAny Human Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e‘Funny, wry, unsettling’ Nathan Filer, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Shock of the Fall\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmily should be happy. She has a nice husband (even if they rarely speak to each other, let alone sleep in the same bed), two little boys she loves (even if a full night’s sleep is a distant memory) – and now, a brand-new house in which they can live out all of the bourgeois fantasies she knows she should be ashamed of. But still she aches for something more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEnter Alathea and Elliott, their new neighbours, and also parents of two young boys. Alathea is intimidatingly confident and beautiful, but also disarmingly open and friendly. And Elliott … Elliott is intriguing. Dishevelled, talented, charming and a little lost, he seems as fascinated by Emily as she is by him, and soon their friendship has reached an intensity neither of them seem able to control.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs riotously funny as it is painfully moving, this is a novel about disappointment and yearning; about parenting and growing up; and the search for love, meaning and connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Answer to Everything, Kennard masterfully blends comedy and heartache, painting a vivid picture of a family facing the prospect of divorce and a romantic entanglement that complicates their lives. This top-rated fiction is as much a commentary on the complexities of love and family, as it is a hilarious take on life's unexpected twists and turns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Iris Murdoch (Under The Net), Audrey Magee (The Undertaking), Damon Galgut (The Good Doctor), Rose Tremain (Absolutely and Forever), and Mary Ruefle (The Most of It).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Luke Kennard, Read by Luke Kennard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889169354901,"sku":"9780008444532","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008444532_9608db0c-c7cc-4801-b744-e09f285b2a62.jpg?v=1776888279","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008444532","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}