The Patrick Melrose Novels Collection 3 Books Set By Edward St Aubyn - Fiction - Paperback

{"id":7211374641331,"title":"The Patrick Melrose Novels Collection 3 Books Set By Edward St Aubyn - Fiction - Paperback","handle":"the-patrick-melrose-novels-collection-5-books-set-by-edward-st-aubyn-age-18-years-and-up-paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Bad News\u003cbr\u003e2. Mother's Milk\u003cbr\u003e3. At Last\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBad News\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-two years old and in the grip of a massive addiction, Patrick Melrose is forced to fly to New York to collect his father’s ashes. Over the course of a weekend, Patrick’s remorseless search for drugs on the avenues of Manhattan, haunted by old acquaintances and insistent inner voices, sends him into a nightmarish spiral. Alone in his room at the Pierre Hotel, he pushes body and mind to the very edge – desperate always to stay one step ahead of his rapidly encroaching past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMother's Milk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught up in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide, Patrick finds his wife Mary\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003econsumed by motherhood, his mother in thrall to a New Age foundation, and his young son Robert understanding far more than he should. But even as the family struggles against the pull of its ever-present past, a new generation brings new tenderness, and the possibility of change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Last\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs friends, relatives and foes trickle in to pay their final respects to his mother Eleanor, Patrick Melrose finds himself questioning whether a life without parents will be the liberation he has so long imagined. Yet as the memorial service ends and the family gathers one last time, amidst the social niceties and the social horrors, the calms and the rapids, Patrick begins to sense a new current: the chance of some form of safety at last.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9781447202950\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2022-07-25T08:51:04+01:00","created_at":"2022-07-25T08:45:44+01:00","vendor":"Picador","type":"Fiction","tags":["Books Over 70% Off","Boxing Day"],"price":599,"price_min":599,"price_max":599,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":2397,"compare_at_price_min":2397,"compare_at_price_max":2397,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41836091539635,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"B2D4254","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"The Patrick Melrose Novels Collection 3 Books Set By Edward St Aubyn - Fiction - Paperback","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":599,"weight":800,"compare_at_price":2397,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781866461631","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4254.jpg?v=1658742381"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4254.jpg?v=1658742381","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"The Patrick Melrose Novels Collection 5 Books Set By Edward St Aubyn - Age 18 years and up - Paperback Young Adult Picador","id":23941202411699,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.674,"height":2048,"width":1380,"src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4254.jpg?v=1658742381"},"aspect_ratio":0.674,"height":2048,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.books2door.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/B2D4254.jpg?v=1658742381","width":1380}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Bad News\u003cbr\u003e2. Mother's Milk\u003cbr\u003e3. At Last\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBad News\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-two years old and in the grip of a massive addiction, Patrick Melrose is forced to fly to New York to collect his father’s ashes. Over the course of a weekend, Patrick’s remorseless search for drugs on the avenues of Manhattan, haunted by old acquaintances and insistent inner voices, sends him into a nightmarish spiral. Alone in his room at the Pierre Hotel, he pushes body and mind to the very edge – desperate always to stay one step ahead of his rapidly encroaching past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMother's Milk\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught up in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide, Patrick finds his wife Mary\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003econsumed by motherhood, his mother in thrall to a New Age foundation, and his young son Robert understanding far more than he should. But even as the family struggles against the pull of its ever-present past, a new generation brings new tenderness, and the possibility of change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt Last\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs friends, relatives and foes trickle in to pay their final respects to his mother Eleanor, Patrick Melrose finds himself questioning whether a life without parents will be the liberation he has so long imagined. Yet as the memorial service ends and the family gathers one last time, amidst the social niceties and the social horrors, the calms and the rapids, Patrick begins to sense a new current: the chance of some form of safety at last.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"goodreadr\" data-isbn=\"9781447202950\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e"}