{"product_id":"9781804994344","title":"The Homemade God","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Rachel Joyce\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 29 January 2026 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Penguin (Transworld)) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 129 x 30mm | 282g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily is everything, even when it falls apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover the escapist new Sunday Times bestselling novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of Miss Benson’s Beetle and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. 'The perfect holiday read.'-The Times‘A must-read.’ Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry‘I didn't think it was possible to love Rachel Joyce's writing more, then I read The Homemade God…gorgeous.’ - Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things'Rachel Joyce is a masterful storyteller.' - Sarah Winman, bestselling author of Still Life---------------------There is a heatwave across Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoose and his three sisters gather at the family's house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their father, a famous artist, has recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece. Now he is dead and there is no sign of a painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the siblings have always been close, as they search for answers over that summer, the things they learn - about themselves, their father and their new stepmother - will drive them apart before they can come to any kind of understanding of what their father's legacy truly is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtraordinarily compelling, at heart this is a novel about sibling relationships and those hairline cracks that can appear within a family: what happens when they splinter, and what it would take to mend them. Praise for The Homemade God: ‘The most moving, beautiful and brilliant book I’ve read in a long time.’ - Claire Pooley, author of How to Age Disgracefully‘A triumph of insight and empathy!’ - Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures'Sharp, absorbing, emotionally intelligent.' - Guardian'Deeply satisfying.' – Observer’A highly compelling mystery and a tender, brilliantly drawn exploration of sibling dynamics. I couldn't put it down.' - India Knight, author of Darling'Joyce is a fearless explorer of emotional landscape.' –Sunday Times'If only there were more novelists like Rachel Joyce.' –Telegraph‘Joyce writes with her trademark vitality and … I couldn’t put it down.’ - Esther Freud, author of Hideous Kinky and Mr Mac and Me'Lyrical, shrewd and, ultimately, as indecently satisfying as a four course Italian lunch. My life is a little emptier now it's over.' - Patrick Gale, author of A Place Called Winter'Sparkling and addictive … Rachel Joyce is so incredibly good and wise on families and siblings. I couldn’t love it more.' - Harriet Evans, author of The Garden of Lost and Found\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Joyce","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839297597789,"sku":"9781804994344","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781804994344.jpg?v=1780057950","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781804994344","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}