{"product_id":"all-the-lonely-people-9781473687417b","title":"All The Lonely People","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eShortlisted for the British Book Awards Book of the Year: \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePageturners\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThe 2021 recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Romantic Novelists' Association.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA heart-warming novel about family, friendship and human connection.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn phone calls to his daughter in Australia, widower Hubert Bird paints a picture of the perfect retirement, packed with fun and friendship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Hubert Bird is lying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomething has made him turn his back on people, and he hardly sees a soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when his daughter announces she's coming to visit, Hubert faces a race against time: to make his real life resemble his fake life before he's found out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way Hubert renews a cherished friendship, is given a second chance at love and even joins an audacious community scheme. But with the secret of his earlier isolation lurking in the shadows, is he destines to always be one of the lonely people?\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'Hubert Bird stole my heart' Beth O'Leary, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Flat-Share\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Switch\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lovely, emotional, uplifting' Libby Page, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Lido\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting look at isolation' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGuardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42820407197776,"sku":"9781473687417B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781473687417-l.jpg?v=1785879634","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/all-the-lonely-people-9781473687417b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}