{"product_id":"a-sense-of-occasion","title":"A Sense of Occasion","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER ONLY. PLEASE PLACE PREORDERS AS SEPARATE ORDERS FROM ITEMS YOU WOULD LIKE FULFILLED IMMEDIATELY. ITEMS ORDERED WITH PREORDER BOOKS WILL BE HELD UNTIL THE PREORDER IS AVAILABLE FOR FULFILLMENT. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAVAILABLE JUNE 09, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: Brodie Crellin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn electric, stylish, and very British, novel exploring the tensions and transgressions of family, relationships and sex, as one (dysfunctional) family gathers for a funeral.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter Mary’s sudden death, a fractured family reunites in a small English village for a funeral over a hot summer weekend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePatch is clearly overwhelmed by hosting a wake for her mother in her childhood home, but is trying to muddle through, starting with the menu. Robin wants to support, but instead of assuming the role of responsible father, he heads to his former haunt: the layby where he used to meet farmers for sex.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJude is on her way from Naples, meanwhile, worrying less about her estranged cousin Patch and more about whether there’s a medicinal bag of cocaine in the boot. She hasn’t told the family she’s en route.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrown together in Mary’s tiny home, each member of the family is trying to feel something: to atone, to connect, to punish, to be better. But they rarely have one another’s best interests at heart, and as the connection between them twists and contorts, they lose sight of the rules and grasp towards anything that might make it all less painful.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDarkly funny, astute, and highly entertaining, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Sense of Occasion\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003esubverts and perverts expectations to explore the dysfunctional nature of family, relationships and sex, and the fractious desires that simmer beneath.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47862131851415,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/0349\/4039\/files\/9798217177394_1f8d4.jpg?v=1780431027","url":"https:\/\/littledistrictbooks.com\/products\/a-sense-of-occasion","provider":"Little District Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}