Jack & Bet
05 March 2020Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'A tender, unsentimental exploration of the bittersweet joys of lifelong companionship' – Daily Mail
Even the longest marriages have their secrets . . .
Jack and Bet have been married for seventy years. Happily so, for the most part. Now, all they want is to enjoy the time they have left together in their small flat. But their son Tommy has other...
Details
05 March 2020448 minutes
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
9781509898190Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A tender, unsentimental exploration of the bittersweet joys of lifelong companionship, beautifully capturing the pangs of ageing and the treacheries of time Daily Mail
Full of beauty, pain and joy, I loved Jack & BetLaura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us
A moving yet unsentimental story about family and love and the secrets we live withPaul McVeigh, author of The Good Son
With mounting tension, it demonstrates why it’s never too late to have your world turned upside downOliver Harris, author of A Shadow of Intelligence
