{"product_id":"9780552778107","title":"Perfect : From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Joyce, Rachel | Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945) \u003cbr\u003ePublished 27\/02\/2014 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Black Swan) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 448 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 136 x 28mm | 306g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tense and engrossing... readers who loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will not be disappointed.' - Sunday Times'An instant classic.' - Daily Express'You will end up grinning dippily and recommending this wild, searching book to everyone you know.' - The Times'Brilliantly realized... a powerful study of grief, loss, guilt, depression, mental illness - and ultimately the power of love - which grips the reader on every page.' - Daily MailSummer, 1972: Two seconds have been added to the Atomic clock so as to counteract the irregularities in the Earth's rate of rotation. Eleven-year-old Byron has been told this but still struggles to understand. What might it mean? In the claustrophobic heat, he and his friend begin ‘Operation Perfect’, a hapless mission to rescue Byron’s mother from impending crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinter, present day: As frost creeps across the moor, Jim cleans tables in the local café, a solitary figure struggling with OCD. His job is a relief from the rituals that govern his nights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle would seem to connect them except that two seconds can change everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf your world can be shattered in an instant, might time also put things right?RACHEL JOYCE'S MOST RECENT NOVEL - THE HOMEMADE GOD - IS OUT NOW FROM DOUBLEDAY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57162813374839,"sku":"9780552778107","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/9780552778107.jpg?v=1781085708","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780552778107","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}