‘A book at once bold, magnanimous, heart-breaking and riveting’
HOWARD JACOBSON ‘Beautiful. Affecting. Erudite.’ SUSIE ORBACH
TWO SISTERS publishes on the 30th anniversary of Blake Morrison’s
ground-breaking book And When Did You Last See Your Father? which
forged the way for a new genre of confessional memoir. ‘She’s
gone, that’s all, and though there’s no retrieving her I’d
like to make sense of who she was and what she became. It wasn’t
just that she changed over time. She could change from day to day.
Drink made it worse but the origins went deeper. You never knew
which you’d get, the kind and loving Gill or her doppelgänger.
Two sisters.’ Blake Morrison has lost a sister and a half-sister
in recent years. Both are the subjects of this remarkable and
heart-breaking memoir, along with a forensic examination of sibling
relationships in history and literature. Blake’s sister Gill
struggled with alcoholism for a large part of her life, and her
shocking death is the starting point for Two Sisters. Blake returns
to their childhood to search for the origins of her later
difficulties, and in doing so unearths the story behind his
half-sister, Josie. As he unravels these narratives, Blake deals
movingly in the guilt and shame that will be familiar to every
person who has struggled with addiction in their family. He is
unflinching in doing so, and the result is a book which provides
testament to that common struggle, as well as acknowledging the
complex, hidden forces on which all our lives are based. Two
Sisters is the extraordinary new memoir from the chronicler of
human frailty, Blake Morrison.
General
Imprint: |
The Borough Press
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2024 |
Authors: |
Blake Morrison
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-851056-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-00-851056-3 |
Barcode: |
9780008510565 |
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