{"product_id":"whenever-youre-ready-9781761470271","title":"Whenever You're Ready","description":"\u003cb\u003eA love letter to the lives of older women, \u003ci\u003eWhenever You're Ready\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and perceptive novel about three women searching for a way forward in the wake of a sudden loss.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Tender, warm-hearted and wise.' \u003cb\u003eToni Jordan \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Each of the women in this novel feels like she could be a friend.' \u003cb\u003eSophie Green\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unexpected death finds Lizzie, Alice and Margot at various crossroads in their lives, torn between looking back and moving on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLizzie is reeling from her discovery of a decades-old secret that changes everything she thought she knew about her friends, her family and her marriage. Alice has always been the good-time girl, as charismatic presenting the weather on television as she is working as a life model. But decades of piecemeal gigs have left her with a rapidly unravelling safety net. Meanwhile, Lizzie's perfectionist daughter Margot is realising that, despite having built herself a faultlessly curated life, she hasn't put her troubled past behind her as neatly as she thought she had. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhenever You're Ready \u003c\/i\u003eis a sweetly wise and gently wistful novel about the secrets and seasons of three intertwined lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Bolton is a natural-born storyteller and her debut novel is a gift to us all.'\u003cb\u003e Lee Kofman \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Social commentary shot through with wicked humour. I loved it.' \u003cb\u003eLucy Treloar\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Engaging, moving and full of heart.' \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Leal \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Trish Bolton renders visible the complex lives of older women who are so often invisible in our culture. A page-turner of a novel.' \u003cb\u003eSian Prior\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrish Bolton is a Melbourne writer whose words have appeared in \u003ci\u003eOverland, New Matilda, The Big Issue, The Age, Sunday Age, Sydney Morning Herald \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Canberra Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eWhenever You're Ready\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50919451459858,"sku":"9781761470271","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18e09397-b9d5-40d8-a693-b9402c641334.jpg?v=1738894742","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/whenever-youre-ready-9781761470271","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}