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'IT'LL EASILY BE ONE OF MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR' Hannah Beckerman
'It's a warm book and a touching one. And did I mention it's funny?
Just read it. You'll see' The Times 'Funny, tender and sad' Sunday
Express 'If you liked Meg Mason's Sorrow and Bliss, you'll love
this novel' Good Housekeeping 'One of the richest explorations of
family dysfunction I've read' the i newspaper 'Shades of Fleabag in
this smart, funny drama' Mail on Sunday 'An enjoyably bittersweet
novel about a dysfunctional modern family' Independent 'Razor-sharp
' Observer 'One of the funniest novels you'll read this year'
Guardian THE BOOK THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN For Alice and
Hanna, saint and sinner, growing up is a trial. There is their
mother, who takes a divide-and-conquer approach to child-rearing,
and their father, who takes an absent one. There is also their
older brother Michael, whose disapproval is a force to be reckoned
with. There is the catastrophe that is never spoken of, but which
has shaped everything . . . As adults, Alice and Hanna must deal
with disappointments in work and in love as well as increasingly
complicated family tensions, and lives that look dismayingly
dissimilar to what they'd intended. They must look for a way to
repair their own fractured relationship, and they must finally
choose their own approach to their dominant mother: submit or burn
the house down. And they must decide at last whether life is really
anything more than (as Hanna would have it) a tragedy with a few
hilarious moments. From the author of the Waterstones Book of the
Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy about complex
family dynamics, mental health and the intricacies of sibling
relationships. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 5* 'I adored this book' 5*
'A brilliant novel about a dysfunctional family' 5* 'This book blew
me away' 5* 'Loved, loved, loved this! Laugh-out-loud funny and
beautifully poignant' 5* 'The best book i've read this year'
A Times Best Fiction Book of the Year A Guardian Best Fiction Book
of the Year A BBC Culture Book of the Year 'IT'LL EASILY BE ONE OF
MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR' Hannah Beckerman 'It's a warm book and a
touching one. And did I mention it's funny? Just read it. You'll
see' The Times 'Funny, tender and sad' Sunday Express 'If you liked
Meg Mason's Sorrow and Bliss, you'll love this novel' Good
Housekeeping 'One of the richest explorations of family dysfunction
I've read' the i newspaper 'Shades of Fleabag in this smart, funny
drama' Mail on Sunday 'An enjoyably bittersweet novel about a
dysfunctional modern family' Independent 'Razor-sharp ' Observer
'One of the funniest novels you'll read this year' Guardian THE
BOOK THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN For Alice and Hanna, saint
and sinner, growing up is a trial. There is their mother, who takes
a divide-and-conquer approach to child-rearing, and their father,
who takes an absent one. There is also their older brother Michael,
whose disapproval is a force to be reckoned with. There is the
catastrophe that is never spoken of, but which has shaped
everything . . . As adults, Alice and Hanna must deal with
disappointments in work and in love as well as increasingly
complicated family tensions, and lives that look dismayingly
dissimilar to what they'd intended. They must look for a way to
repair their own fractured relationship, and they must finally
choose their own approach to their dominant mother: submit or burn
the house down. And they must decide at last whether life is really
anything more than (as Hanna would have it) a tragedy with a few
hilarious moments. From the author of the Waterstones Book of the
Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy about complex
family dynamics, mental health and the intricacies of sibling
relationships. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 5* 'I adored this book' 5*
'A brilliant novel about a dysfunctional family' 5* 'This book blew
me away' 5* 'Loved, loved, loved this! Laugh-out-loud funny and
beautifully poignant' 5* 'The best book i've read this year'
A Times Best Fiction Book of the Year A Guardian Best Fiction Book
of the Year A BBC Culture Book of the Year 'IT'LL EASILY BE ONE OF
MY BOOKS OF THE YEAR' Hannah Beckerman 'It's a warm book and a
touching one. And did I mention it's funny? Just read it. You'll
see' The Times 'Funny, tender and sad' Sunday Express 'If you liked
Meg Mason's Sorrow and Bliss, you'll love this novel' Good
Housekeeping 'One of the richest explorations of family dysfunction
I've read' the i newspaper 'Shades of Fleabag in this smart, funny
drama' Mail on Sunday 'An enjoyably bittersweet novel about a
dysfunctional modern family' Independent 'Razor-sharp ' Observer
'One of the funniest novels you'll read this year' Guardian THE
BOOK THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN For Alice and Hanna, saint
and sinner, growing up is a trial. There is their mother, who takes
a divide-and-conquer approach to child-rearing, and their father,
who takes an absent one. There is also their older brother Michael,
whose disapproval is a force to be reckoned with. There is the
catastrophe that is never spoken of, but which has shaped
everything . . . As adults, Alice and Hanna must deal with
disappointments in work and in love as well as increasingly
complicated family tensions, and lives that look dismayingly
dissimilar to what they'd intended. They must look for a way to
repair their own fractured relationship, and they must finally
choose their own approach to their dominant mother: submit or burn
the house down. And they must decide at last whether life is really
anything more than (as Hanna would have it) a tragedy with a few
hilarious moments. From the author of the Waterstones Book of the
Month Our Fathers comes a compelling domestic comedy about complex
family dynamics, mental health and the intricacies of sibling
relationships. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING 5* 'I adored this book' 5*
'A brilliant novel about a dysfunctional family' 5* 'This book blew
me away' 5* 'Loved, loved, loved this! Laugh-out-loud funny and
beautifully poignant' 5* 'The best book i've read this year'
What kind of man kills his own family? A gripping, tender novel
about fathers and sons from the highly acclaimed author 'A
restrained tour-de-force, profoundly unsettling, brilliantly
executed, and deeply humane' Emily St. John Mandel, on The
Followers When Tom was eight years old, his father took a shotgun
and shot his family: his wife, his son and baby daughter, before
turning the gun on himself. Only Tom survived. He left his tiny,
shocked community on the island of Litta and the strained silence
of his Uncle Malcolm's house while still a young boy. For twenty
years he's tried to escape his past. Until now. Without knowing how
to ask, he needs answers - from his uncle, who should have known.
From his neighbours, who think his father a decent man who 'just
snapped'. From the memories that haunt the wild landscape of the
Hebrides. And from the silent ones who know more about what
happened - and why - than they have ever dared admit. By turns
gripping, beautiful, devastating and tender, Our Fathers is a story
about violence and redemption, control and love. With understated
compassion and humour, Rebecca Wait gives a voice to the silenced
and to the silences between men of few words.
What kind of man kills his own family? A gripping, tender novel
about fathers and sons from the highly acclaimed author A Guardian
crime and thriller book of the year 2020 'This is a beautifully
realised novel, touching on the fallibility of memory and the
unknowability of families, and gripping in its intensity.
Outstanding' Mail on Sunday 'A spectacular novel' Spectator When
Tom was eight years old, his father took a shotgun and shot his
family: his wife, his son and baby daughter, before turning the gun
on himself. Only Tom survived. He left his tiny, shocked community
on the island of Litta and the strained silence of his Uncle
Malcolm's house while still a young boy. For twenty years he's
tried to escape his past. Until now. Without knowing how to ask, he
needs answers - from his uncle, who should have known. From his
neighbours, who think his father a decent man who 'just snapped'.
From the memories that haunt the wild landscape of the Hebrides.
And from the silent ones who know more about what happened - and
why - than they have ever dared admit. By turns gripping,
beautiful, devastating and tender, Our Fathers is a story about
violence and redemption, control and love. With understated
compassion and humour, Rebecca Wait gives a voice to the silenced
and to the silences between men of few words.
'Brilliant' - Stylist 'Unforgettable' - Easy Living Emma used to
have two brothers, but five years ago Kit died and on the day of
his funeral Jamie left home and never came back. Their parents
never talk about what drove their son away. But now Emma is older
she is beginning to ask questions - and she's never given up hope
that she will see Jamie again. Told with honesty and warmth, The
View on the Way Down is the story of a devastating act of brotherly
love that will open your eyes even as it breaks your heart. From
the acclaimed author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way. 'So
compassionate, so heartbreaking . . . the story wouldn't let me go'
- Shelley Harris 'It lingers with you, and for those who have
suffered similar things, it echoes truth.' - Guardian
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