{"product_id":"my-cleaner-paperback","title":"My Cleaner - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaggie Gee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMy Cleaner\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, funny, engrossing book.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Elegant, humorous and surprising, this is a classy performance.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautifully observed, intelligent and moving.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUgandan Mary Tendo worked for many years in the white middle-class Henman household in London, cleaning for Vanessa and looking after her only child, Justin. More than ten years after Mary has left, Justin--now twenty-two, handsome, and gifted--is too depressed to get out of bed. To his mother's surprise, he asks for Mary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Mary responds to Vanessa's cry for help and returns from Uganda to look after Justin, the balance of power in the house shifts dramatically. Both women's lives change irrevocably as tensions build toward a startling climax on a snowbound motorway.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaggie Gee is the author of The White Family (SAQI isbn: 978-0-86356-380-5), which was shortlisted for the 2002 Orange Prize for Fiction and for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2004. She is the first female Chair of the Royal Society of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 7.92 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770104611104,"sku":"9781846590085","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e0bed8a6110c2171b95b49a1aad79cd2.webp?v=1780364458","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-cleaner-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}