{"product_id":"when-i-ran-away-by-ilona-bannister","title":"When I Ran Away By Ilona Bannister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich, bighearted debut that takes us from working-class Staten Island in the wake of the September 11th attacks to moneyed London a decade later, revealing a story of loss, motherhood, and love found in the most impossible of places, perfect for fans of Gail Honeyman and Ann Napolitano.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Smart, brave and often very funny\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e. . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eprofoundly moving'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSarah Haywood, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cactus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT\u003cb\u003ehis morning\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGigi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eleft her husband and children.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow she's watching Real Housewives and drinking wine in a crummy hotel room,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etrying to work out how she got here.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Twin Towers collapsed, Gigi Stanislawski fled her office building and escaped lower Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry. Among the crying, ash-covered and shoeless passengers, Gigi, unbelievably, found someone she recognised - the guy with pink socks and a British accent - from the coffee shop across from her office. Together she and Harry Harrison make their way to her parents' house where they watch the television replay the planes crashing for hours, and she waits for the phone call from her younger brother that never comes. And after Harry has shared the worst day of her life, it's time for him to leave.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTen years later, Gigi, now a single mother consumed with bills and unfulfilled ambitions, bumps into Harry again and this time they fall deeply in love. When they move to London it feels like a chance for the happy ending she never dared to imagine. But it also highlights the differences in their class and cultures, which was something they laughed about until it wasn't funny anymore; until the traumatic birth of their baby leaves Gigi raw and desperately missing her best friends and her old life in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Gigi grieves for her brother and rages at the unspoken pain of motherhood, she realises she must somehow find a way back - not to the woman she was but to the woman she wants to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unforgettable novel about love - for our partners, our children, our mothers, and ourselves - pushed to its outer limits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eBook Information\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePublished: 09\/08\/2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eGenre: Fiction, Family \u0026amp; relationships\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003ePages: 316\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eDimensions: 198 x 130mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #ff2a00;\"\u003eNote: Remaindered books or remainders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. 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