{"product_id":"what-a-shame-1","title":"What a Shame","description":"''Intelligent, moving and darkly comic . . . taking us deftly from serious explorations of trauma and consent to riotously funny scenes of modern life''\u003cbr\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Tipped to be THE hit book of 2022''\u003cbr\u003eDaily Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A riveting read about heartbreak, shame and self-acceptance'' \u003cbr\u003eRed Magazine, Rising Stars of 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Dazzling . . . one of those novels where you think you''re exploring someone else''s pain, only to realise you''re exploring your own''\u003cbr\u003eHeat, Read of the Week\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A really beautiful portrayal of female friendship''\u003cbr\u003eTimes Radio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Absorbing and clever . . . I fell in love with Mathilda''\u003cbr\u003eCathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Full of heart, wit and feeling''\u003cbr\u003eCaroline O''Donoghue, author of Promising Young Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Utterly brilliant''\u003cbr\u003eOtegha Uwagba, author of We Need to Talk About Money\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A glorious new talent has arrived''\u003cbr\u003eEmma Gannon, author of Olive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Poignant, haunting (and hilarious!) . . . A clear-eyed heroine for a new generation''\u003cbr\u003eSam Baker, author of The Shift\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fizzes with energy, rage and love, burrowing deep into those experiences that define us at our core''\u003cbr\u003eJessica Moor, author of Keeper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Will be read for years by any and all young women looking for a friend''\u003cbr\u003eScarlett Curtis, author of Feminists Don''t Wear Pink (and other lies)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There is something wrong with Mathilda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe''s still reeling from the blow of a gut-punch break up and grieving the death of a loved one.\u003cbr\u003e But that''s not it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e She''s cried all her tears, mastered her crow pose and thrown out every last reminder of him.\u003cbr\u003e But that''s not helping.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConcerned that she isn''t moving on, Mathilda''s friends push her towards a series of increasingly unorthodox remedies.\u003cbr\u003e Until the seams of herself begin to come undone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tender, unflinching and blisteringly funny, What a Shame glitters with rage and heartbreak, perfect for fans of Emma Jane Unsworth, Dolly Alderton and Holly Bourne. ","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58574960361807,"sku":"9781529367072","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9781529367072_1-what-a-shame.jpg?v=1787817787","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/what-a-shame-1","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}