{"product_id":"9780008604219","title":"Evenings and Weekends","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: McKenna, Oisin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 24 April 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 23 | 242g\u003cp\u003e'I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN' SHON FAYE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A MASTERPIECE. THIS SEARING TALE OF LOVE, SEX AND CLASS WILL RESONATE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME' OWEN JONES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'I WAS DEEPLY MOVED BY ITS BEAUTY AND HUMANITY' COCO MELLORS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Electric and intimate' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Impossibly, ineffably beautiful’ Russell T Davies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Intoxicating' Irish Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e London, June 2019. Maggie is 30, pregnant and broke. Faced with moving back to the home town she fought to escape, she’s wondering if having a baby with boyfriend Ed will be the last spontaneous act of her life. Ed, meanwhile, is harbouring secret dreams of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Phil hates his office job and is living for the weekend, while falling for his housemate, Keith. But there’s a problem: Keith already has a boyfriend. Then there’s Rosaleen, Phil’s mother, who’s tired of feeling like a side character in her own life. She’s just been diagnosed with cancer and is travelling to London to tell Phil, if she can ever get hold of him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Saturday night approaches in a city on the brink of political upheaval, all their lives are set to change forever. It’s the hottest summer on record, and the weekend is about to begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  What readers are saying…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'I’ve had a week long book hangover. Read it!' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A book I will carry with me in my heart' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'The best book I've read in recent years' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'My life got just a bit richer from having read this book' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'I absolutely loved it, every word' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McKenna, Oisin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51091195723960,"sku":"9780008604219","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780008604219_cdc0d7c3-f50b-4064-898d-fd73169de3b8.jpg?v=1746535639","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780008604219","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}