{"product_id":"a-time-for-friends-9781471110818","title":"A Time For Friends: Warmth, wisdom and love on every page - if you treasured Maeve Binchy, read Patricia Scanlan","description":"\u003cp\u003e*** THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen are the boundaries of friendship pushed too far, and when is it time to stop flying over oceans for someone who wouldn't jump over a puddle for you? There comes a time when Hilary Hammond has to make that call.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHilary and Colette O'Mahony have been friends since childhood, but when irrepressible Jonathan Harpur breezes into Hilary's life and goes into business with her, Colette is not best pleased.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter their first encounter Colette thinks he's a 'pushy upstart' while he thinks she's 'a snobby little diva'. And so the battle lines are drawn and Hilary is bang in the middle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut as the years roll by and each of them is faced with difficult times and tough decisions, one thing is clear ... to have a friend you must be a friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that's when Hilary discovers that sometimes your best friend can be your greatest enemy ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat readers are saying about Patricia Scanlan's novels:\u003cbr\u003e\n'Utterly magical and wonderful ... warmth and compassion shine through' MARIAN KEYES\u003cbr\u003e\n'Like being enfolded in a hug from the great writer herself: warm, comforting and full of love' CATHY KELLY\u003cbr\u003e\n'There can be little doubt that Patricia Scanlan is the prolific queen of contemporary Irish popular fiction' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n''There is a heartbreaking authenticity in her observations' Irish Times\u003cbr\u003e\n'The ultimate comfort read' Glamour\u003cbr\u003e\n'A bright, sunny read in which these lives interweave with unexpected results' Sunday Express S magazine\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42979045998758,"sku":"9781471110818","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/a-time-for-friends-warmth-wisdom-and-love-on-every-page-if-you-treasured-maeve-binchy-read-patricia-scanlan-9781471110818-32292688462002_8b7966bd-4a83-47c8-a7f3-a8726ec1d5f8.jpg?v=1656110009","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/a-time-for-friends-9781471110818","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}