{"product_id":"hope-glory-a-sweeping-rich-tale-bolu-babalola","title":"Jendella Benson: Hope \u0026 Glory [2022] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e'So deliciously South London.' -\u003cb\u003e Yomi Adegoke, author of SLAY IN YOUR LANE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A sweeping, rich tale that explores family, secrets, loss, love and redemption within the context of a tessellation of cultures - written with a beautiful texture, Benson pulls you in to a deftly-woven story with tautly-written sentences, and before you know it you find yourself in too deep to get out, too deep to want to get out, wanting to know more.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Bolu Babalola, author of LOVE IN COLOUR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Jendella Benson has drawn such a compelling world that Hope and Glory, the book and the characters themselves, stayed with me long after I'd turned the final pages.' - \u003cb\u003eCandice Carty-Williams, author of QUEENIE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlory arrives back in Peckham, from her seemingly-glamorous life in LA, to mourn the sudden death of her father, and finds her previously-close family has fallen apart in her absence. Her brother, Victor, has been jailed; her sister, Faith, appears to have lost her independence and ambition; and their mother, Celeste, is headed towards a breakdown. Glory is thrown by their disarray, and rather than returning to America she decides to stay and try to bring them all together again. However, when she unearths a huge family secret, Glory risks losing everyone she truly cares about in her pursuit of the truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHOPE AND GLORY is a rich, heart-warming story of loss, love and family chaos, and marks an exciting new voice in fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREADERS LOVE\u003ci\u003e HOPE AND GLORY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Love, Secrets, Redemption. This is a story of discovering yourself and finding your true home and the importance of family' *****\u003cb\u003e Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I adored this book' *****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book is really wonderful' ****\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benson, Jendella","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":49459261047123,"sku":"XE81398702295","price":5.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/benson-jendella-hope-glory-a-sweeping-rich-tale-bolu-babalola-xe81398702295-59090205868371.jpg?v=1727161700","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/hope-glory-a-sweeping-rich-tale-bolu-babalola","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}