{"product_id":"9780008658229","title":"Mamele","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Reeves, Gemma \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 June 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 20 | 200g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Haunting' Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Brilliant' Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Profoundly moving' Marie Claire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Fresh and daring'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  KATE SAWYER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘One of the best books I’ve read in a while … A real triumph’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ELIZABETH MACNEAL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A complex story about motherhood, inheritance and the things we're willing to forsake in the name of desire'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  AMY TWIGG\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A haunting novel … Overwhelming and seductive'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLUCIE ELVEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e –––\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘When my mother washed my hair she crooned, mamele, mamele, into my ear. Little mother, meaning little daughter, meaning you’re a good girl, Edie.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Edie lives with her partner Joanna in a crumbling country house in Broadstairs. They have spent over a decade together since the death of Harry, the third member of their polyamorous relationship. It’s a quiet, comfortable existence – but conversations about the mother who abandoned her have recently awoken in Edie feelings she long thought buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mamele is a stylish, searing drama about the complicated love between mothers and daughters, the indelible impact of estrangement and one woman fiercely coming into her own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55177651192184,"sku":"9780008658229","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9780008658229_09a18062-a4fe-4c8f-9287-2dea0f78224a.jpg?v=1773925377","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008658229","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}