{"product_id":"grown-ups-isbn-9781782277088","title":"Grown Ups","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The perfect summer read.\"  --\u003ci\u003eBritish Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA   whip-smart novel about modern motherhood and sibling rivalry, from one of   Norway's rising stars--perfect for fans of Emma Straub and the films of Greta Gerwig!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExhilarating, funny, and unexpectedly devastating, \u003ci\u003eGrown Ups\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone who has ever felt the fear of being overtaken by a sibling, who feels almost--but not quite--grown up, and who's struggled to navigate a new future for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ida is a forty-year-old architect, single and starting to panic. She's navigating Tinder and contemplating freezing her eggs, terrified that time has passed her by, silently, without her ever realizing it, which feels even more poignant and common in our COVID era.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e All she sees are other people's children, everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now stuck in the idyllic Norwegian countryside for a gathering to mark her mother's sixty-fifth birthday, Ida is regressing. She's fighting with her younger sister, Marthe, and flirting with her sister's husband. But when some supposedly wonderful news from Marthe heightens tensions further, Ida is forced to mark out new milestones of her own.“This is cringe-comedy at its finest, with Aubert’s wry observations cranking things up well beyond eleven. Venomous. Bitchy. Brilliant.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e --The Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Drily funny and emotionally gripping, it’s the perfect summer read. --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A succinct and thought-provoking exploration of the family unit and how it shapes individual lives.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e --\u003c\/i\u003eSarah Gilmartin, \u003ci\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Exploring the modern themes of dating apps and egg freezing, this is a real page turner with the impressive ability to be both hilarious and devastating.” --\u003cb\u003e Sophie Morris, the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “…a really sensitive and thoughtful evocation of a sibling relationship, a family relationship, and an experience that women go through regardless of what walk of life they’re living. That was something that I just felt would have a very wide resonance.” --\u003cb\u003eHannah Westland, on BBC Radio 4’s Open Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eFrequently heartbreaking, occasionally caustic, always searingly honest, \u003ci\u003eGrown Ups\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best novels about singleness, siblings and approaching middle age I’ve ever read\" -- \u003cb\u003eJan Carson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Starters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A thoroughly enjoyable family character study set in the most perfect Norwegian lakeside cabin: pure escapism! An endearing, moving novel about family, fertility and finding your feet\" -- \u003cb\u003eEmma Gannon, author of \u003ci\u003eOlive\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"An excoriating exploration into the psyche of [an] aspiring mother\" \u003cb\u003e-- Susannah Dickey, author of \u003ci\u003eTennis Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGrown Ups\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful, slim but powerful look at the complicated process of deciding whether to start a family, while navigating your existing family. The portrayal of the sister relationship is one of the best and most resonant I’ve ever read\" \u003cb\u003e-- Nell Frizzell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Panic Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGrown Ups\u003c\/i\u003e takes a sharp, cool and funny look at ageing, fertility and family in all its forms. A perfect novel for a time when we’re all wondering who we are and what comes next\" -- \u003cb\u003eJean Hannah Edelstein, author of \u003ci\u003eThis Really Isn’t About You\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Sharp, funny, very poignant and full of smart observations about family dynamics\" \u003cb\u003e-- Miranda Ward, author of \u003ci\u003eAdrift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMARIE   AUBERT made her debut in 2016 with the short story collection Can I Come Home With You, published   to great acclaim in Norway. \u003ci\u003eGrown Ups \u003c\/i\u003eis her first novel; it won the Young People's Critics' Prize   and was nominated for the Booksellers' Prize in Norway.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eROSIE HEDGER was born in   Scotland. Her translation of Gine Cornelia Pedersen's \u003ci\u003eZero \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize in   2019, and her translation of Agnes Ravatn's \u003ci\u003eThe   Bird Tribunal \u003c\/i\u003ewon an English Pen Translates Award   in 2016. A compact, funny, devastating novel about sibling rivalry and modern motherhood, from one of Norway's rising stars","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305029587173,"sku":"NP9781782277088","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781782277088.jpg?v=1767728541","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/grown-ups-isbn-9781782277088","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}