Her Mother's Hands (Paperback)

`Jaio is undoubtedly a very skillful narrator' - Inigo Roque, Gara *Winner of a PEN Translates Award *Bestselling book in Basque at the Donostia-San Sebastianand Bilbao Book Fairs, winning the Euskadi Plata and Zazpi Kale prizes. *Winner: Seventh Igartza Prize, the Beterriko liburua (an annual distinction which readers award the best book in Basque), Hontza, JUUL, and Iparraguirre. Have you ever had the feeling of not truly knowing your nearest and dearest? The precarious balance in the life of Nerea, a thirty-something journalist, breaks down when her mother, Luisa, is hospitalised with total amnesia. Nerea, who feels guilty for not having recognised the symptoms that afflicted her mother, now finds a person almost unknown to her. Luisa is haunted by memories of a romance from her youth and soon Nerea begins to discover that the two women share much more than they believe.Her Mother's Hands is an examination of the deepest human bonds and a beautiful and moving tribute to life. My Mother's Hands is Jaio's debut novel and remains one of the bestselling books in the Basque literary scene in recent years. The novel has been adapted for the big screen, filmed by Mireia Gabilondo, and presented at the Donostia Zinemaldia, the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

General

Imprint:	Parthian Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2018
Authors:	Karmele Jaio
Translators:	Kristin Addis
Dimensions:	129 x 205 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	122
ISBN-13:	978-1-912109-55-5
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Basque
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	1-912109-55-7
Barcode:	9781912109555

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