''Her best novel yet'' The Times
''Incredibly compelling'' Daily Mail
''Incandescent'' The Observer
Two parents stand by powerlessly as their only child seems intent on destroying herself. Meanwhile the mother - a novelist - attempts to understand her uneasy, unresolved relationship with her own mother.
Weaving between childhoods past and present, as well as a current narrative laced with temptation and betrayal, this is the delicate journey of a mother, daughter, wife and author struggling to make sense of her world.
But can a writer ever be trusted with the truth of her own story?
Clear-eyed, self-lacerating and at times frighteningly direct, Julie Myerson''s latest novel explores maternal love as the emotional foundation we both crave and fearA howl of fury, as well as a moving love letter from a mother to a daughter, this is a book about damage, addiction, recovery and creativity.
''I wolfed it all down - it''s just so incredibly compelling'' Daily Mail
''Glitteringly painful'' Rachel Cusk
''A compulsive readSearingly honest and raw'' Deborah Moggach
Format |
Inbunden |
Omfång |
288 sidor |
Språk |
Engelska |
Förlag |
Little, Brown Book Group |
Utgivningsdatum |
2022-05-26 |
ISBN |
9781472156778 |