Summary
Even the longest marriages have their secrets …
Jack Chalmers is a man of few words, married to a woman of many. He and Bet have been together for seventy years - almost a lifetime - and happily so, for the most part.
All Jack and Bet want is to enjoy the time they have left together, in the flat they have tried to make their home. Their son Tommy has other ideas: he wants them to live somewhere with round-the-clock care, hot meals, activities. Bet thinks they can manage just …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509898176 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509898174 |
| Author: | Sarah Butler |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 8 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
A tender, unsentimental exploration of the bittersweet joys of lifelong companionship, beautifully capturing the pangs of ageing and the treacheries of time * Daily Mail *
Full of beauty, pain and joy, I loved Jack & Bet – Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us
A moving yet unsentimental story about family and love and the secrets we live with – Paul McVeigh, author of The Good Son
With mounting tension, it demonstrates why it’s never too late to have your world turned upside down – Oliver Harris, author of A Shadow of Intelligence
Seductive and assured, Jack & Bet is a warm, wise and wonderfully defiant exploration of a long marriage and a short-lived experiment in social housing – Emma Claire Sweeney, author of Owl Song at Dawn
I read Jack & Bet with enjoyment and heartbreak … wins its place in the burgeoning writing that shines a spotlight on the lives of over seventies in Britain – Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, author of The First Woman
I loved Jack & Bet. Butler writes from Jack, Bet and Marinela’s perspectives with such compassion and understanding – Susan Barker, author of The Incarnations
A fantastic novel - totally absorbing and full of heart – Helen Mort, author of No Map Could Show Them
Sarah Butler
Sarah Butler is the acclaimed author of two previous novels, Ten Things I’ve Learnt About Love and Before the Fire. Her writing has been translated into fourteen languages. She is also the author of a novella, Not Home, written in conversation with people living in unsupported temporary accommodation. Sarah is a part-time lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and lives in Manchester with her family.
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