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Jack & Bet Paperback – September 1, 2021

by Sarah Butler (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 24 ratings
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Even the longest marriages have their secrets . . .

Jack Chalmers is a man of few words, married to a woman of many. He and Bet have been together for seventy years - almost a lifetime - and happily so, for the most part.

All Jack and Bet want is to enjoy the time they have left together, in the flat they have tried to make their home. Their son Tommy has other ideas: he wants them to live somewhere with round-the-clock care, hot meals, activities. Bet thinks they can manage just fine.

When they strike up an unlikely friendship with Marinela, a young Romanian woman, Bet thinks she has found the perfect solution - one that could change Marinela's life as well as theirs. But this means revisiting an old love affair, and confronting a long-buried secret she has kept hidden from everyone, even Jack, for many years.

Tender, moving and beautifully told, Sarah Butler's Jack & Bet is an unforgettable novel about love and loss, the joys and regrets of a long marriage, and the struggle to find a place to call home.

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  1. Print length
    352 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Picador
  4. Publication date
    September 1, 2021
  5. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1509898174
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1509898176
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About the Author

Sarah Butler is the acclaimed author of two previous novels, Ten Things I've Learnt About Love and Before the Fire. Her writing has been translated into fourteen languages. She is also the author of a novella, Not Home, written in conversation with people living in unsupported temporary accommodation. Sarah is a part-time lecturer in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and lives in Manchester with her family.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Picador (September 1, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1509898174
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1509898176
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.75 x 7.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 24 ratings

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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Zoe (whatsbetterthanbooks)
4.0 out of 5 stars Touching, sentimental, and bittersweet!
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2021
Jack & Bet is a heartwarming, affecting story that sweeps you away to London, England, and into a tale where long lives lived are pondered, a 70-year marriage is celebrated, friendships are developed and savoured, memories are cherished, secrets are unearthed, tears are shed, lives are remembered, and love is forged and shared.

The writing is smooth and heartfelt. The characters are sincere, genuine, and lovable. And the plot is a delightful blend of heart, hope, humour, nostalgia, drama, and emotion.

Jack & Bet is, ultimately, a story about life, love, loss, dreams, heartbreak, friendship, family, ageing, and finding happiness, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and in the end, it left me smiling.
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L. S. Tate
5.0 out of 5 stars Sad but full of life
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2021
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Having loved Ten Things I've Learnt About Love, I wasn't sure I would enjoy this novel quite as much, but it captivated and moved me. Sarah Butler gives warm, pulsing, complex life to two ordinary elderly characters with flaws and regrets, and a young, troubled woman who befriends them. Somehow, in spite of the sadness that runs through it, it's joyous, a celebration of flawed humanity. Rich, tender and often surprising.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 22, 2021
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A beautiful story of Jack and Bet, married 70 years. The story gives glimpses of the highs and lows of their life now, and past. The authors blending of the lives that surround them, works well. I definitely recommend this book, this review does not do it justice
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Bob Barr
5.0 out of 5 stars An inspiring read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 13, 2020
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A gentle story of an elderly couple living with the history of a 70 year long relationship. They are supported, in different ways by their son and a Romanian student. Set in well observed South London, Soho and Islington, the novel explores themes of the price of urban regeneration, various aspects of precarious living and material versus social values.

Well written, an enjoyable and unusual read.
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