{"product_id":"an-extra-pair-of-hands-a-story-of-caring-and-everyday-acts-of-love-2","title":"An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love","description":"Review\n\nBrilliant ... uplifting, inspiring, a tribute to love -- Elif Shafak ― Guardian\n\nHeartfelt and sometimes shocking ... Fierce and tender, her book is a clarion call for an overhaul of our dysfunctional care system -- Must Read Paperbacks ― Daily Mail\n\nA beautiful, profoundly moving book about society's most vital glue - care -- Rachel Clarke\n\nA must read -- Penny Wincer\n\nEssential reading -- Madeleine Bunting\n\nI read it in one sitting -- Christie Watson\n\nMoving -- Book of the Day ― Guardian\n\nAn incisive, profoundly humane blend of the personal and the political -- Gwendolyn Smith ― The i\n\nA beautiful, emotional and timely read -- Matt Haig\n\nA beacon of light -- Nicci Gerrard\n\nKeep the tissues handy. 10\/10 ― Independent\n\nShot through with honesty, heartbreak and joy. I loved it -- Adam Kay\n\nTimely ― Observer\n\nLifts the spirits without pulling punches -- Ian Rankin\n\nIrresistible -- Rachel Joyce\n\nThis book will be a huge help to both carers and the cared-for -- Deborah Moggach\n\nExtraordinary -- Catherine Meyer\n\nWonderful ... uplifting and hopeful -- Cathy Rentzenbrink\n\nA heartfelt reminder of why people become carers -- Kate Saunders ― Times\n\nMoving -- Book of the Month, Martin Chilton ― Independent\n\nAn ode to the invisible army of carers holding families together ― Reaction\n\nMosse writes movingly about returning the caring favour and the end that waits for us all -- 50 Best Summer Books ― Times\n\nTimely and important ― The Oldie\n\nUtterly beautiful - honest, tender, and uplifting -- Francesca Segal\n\n\nProduct Description\n\n'Inspiring' GUARDIAN\n'Heartbreaking' INDEPENDENT\n'I loved it' ADAM KAY\n'Beautiful' MATT HAIG\n'Luminous' NICCI GERRARD\n'Essential reading' MADELEINE BUNTING\n'A celebration' CHRISTIE WATSON\n\n-----\n\nA Best Book for Summer in The Times, Guardian and The i\nIndependent Book of the Month\n\n-----\n\nCaring is an issue that affects us all - as bestselling novelist Kate Mosse knows all too well.\n\nKate has cared in turn for her father and mother, and for Granny Rosie, her 90-year-old mother-in-law. Along the way she has experienced the joys, challenges and frustrations shared by an invisible army of carers.\n\nAt the heart of this care lie everyday acts of love, and the realisation that, sooner or later, most of us will come to rely on an extra pair of hands.\n\n-----\n\n'Lifts the spirits without pulling punches' IAN RANKIN\n'Irresistible' RACHEL JOYCE\n'Questions how and why we fetishise independence when the reality of human experience is always interdependence' GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE DAY\n'Heartfelt, funny and at times heartbreaking. 10\/10' INDEPENDENT\n'Utterly beautiful' FRANCESCA SEGAL\n\nBook Description\n\nA rallying cry for carers and the acts of love that hold families together, from bestselling novelist Kate Mosse\n\nAbout the Author\n\nKate Mosse is an international bestselling novelist, playwright and nonfiction author with sales of more than eight million copies in 38 languages. Renowned for bringing unheard and under-heard histories to life, she is a champion of women's creativity. Kate is the Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction, sits on the Executive Committee of Women of the World and is a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester. Kate lives in West Sussex with her husband and mother-in-law.","brand":"smeikalbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40271965749333,"sku":"9781788162623N","price":5.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/42f34542-9bc1-426c-a3ed-c7bd5b39fabf.jpg?v=1661875446","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-extra-pair-of-hands-a-story-of-caring-and-everyday-acts-of-love-2","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}