{"product_id":"this-bright-life-karen-campbell-9781837261185","title":"This Bright Life","description":"SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRE AWARD 2025'Life-affirming' JANICE HALLETT'Full of compassion and hope' ELISSA SOAVE'A masterpiece' CAROLE HAILEYMargaret - an elderly widow who just wants to be left with her memories and her quiet, contained life.   Claire - newly divorced, downsizing into the neighbourhood and way too busy to mend a broken heart.   Gerard - a tearaway twelve-year-old who hates his name but loves his little brother and sister. Gerard is a bright kid, but trouble always follows him. No one really knows what it's like at home; he's used to carrying a lot on his small shoulders.   Gerard doesn't always make good decisions. One morning, he makes a very bad one, upending not just his world, but the lives of Margaret and Claire too. Both heart-breaking and life-affirming, This Bright Life is a story of messy lives, second chances and the many hands it takes to build a boy.","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51381658026272,"sku":"9781837261185","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781837261185_2451569.jpg?v=1774512846","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/this-bright-life-karen-campbell-9781837261185","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}