{"product_id":"same-as-it-ever-was","title":"Same As It Ever Was","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399608237\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eAt fifty-seven, Julia Ames has found herself with an improbably lovely life. Despite her inclination towards self-sabotage, she has a husband she loves, two happy children and a quiet, contented existence in the suburbs.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut, out of the blue, things begin to change.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer always well-behaved son is acting strangely. Her beloved but belligerent teenage daughter is about to depart for college.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd, in the local grocery store, Julia encounters a woman she hasn't seen for twenty years - a woman whose friendship was once both her lifeline and, very nearly, her downfall.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll of a sudden, Julia's peaceful family setup and her long, affection-filled marriage face imminent derailment from events both past and present.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eThe Most Fun We Ever Had\u003c\/i\u003e returns with another brilliantly observed family drama, which examines the complete and complicated trajectory of one woman's life and asks what it takes to make - and to not break - a family.","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41940074037381,"sku":"PR401447","price":31.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TNXQ06PVILWH.jpg?v=1790622893","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/same-as-it-ever-was","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}