# The Benefactors

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- Book: [The Benefactors](https://www.bookquiver.com/wendy-erskine/the-benefactors) ([The Benefactors.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/wendy-erskine/the-benefactors.md))
- Authors: [Wendy Erskine](https://www.bookquiver.com/wendy-erskine)
- Publisher: sceptre
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-13-9974-168-2
- Published: 2025-06-19
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL 2025 'I couldn't put this book down' Sheena Patel, author of I'm a Fan 'A powerful, moving, compelling, utterly enthralling debut' Jon McGregor, author of Reservoir 13 'Perfectly pitched, surefooted, and charged with feeling' Colin Barrett, author of Wild Houses From the prize-winning author of Dance Move and Sweet Home, this is an astounding novel about intimate histories, class and money - and what being a parent means. Meet Frankie, Miriam and Bronagh: three very different women from Belfast, but all mothers to 18-year-old boys. Gorgeous Frankie, now married to a wealthy, older man, grew up in care. Miriam has recently lost her beloved husband Kahlil in ambiguous circumstances. Bronagh, the CEO of a children's services charity, loves celebrity and prestige. When their sons are accused of sexually assaulting a friend, Misty Johnston, they'll come together to protect their children, leveraging all the powers they possess. But on her side, Misty has the formidable matriarch, Nan D, and her father, taxi-driver Boogie: an alliance not so easily dismissed. Brutal, tender and rigorously intelligent, The Benefactors is a daring, polyphonic presentation of modern-day Northern Ireland. It is also very funny. ⭐ A book of the year for: the Observer, the Guardian, the Daily Mail and The Irish Times⭐