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Item Details
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FAMILY ROMANCE
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| By: |
John Lanchester |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571234402 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571234400 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2007 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
A memoir in which John Lanchester joins the dots of his parents' history, their extraordinary secrets and the shape of their shared life. From his grandparents' beginnings in rural Ireland and colonial Rhodesia, Lanchester navigates through his parents lives. He illuminates their characters and Julia's motives. |
| Synopsis: |
"Family Romance" is a beautifully written memoir in which John Lanchester joins the dots of his parents' history, their extraordinary secrets and the shape of their shared life. From his grandparents' beginnings in rural Ireland and colonial Rhodesia, Lanchester navigates through his parents lives: his father Bill's devastating war-time separation from his parents; his mother Julia's tragic first love, her decision to become a nun and her adoption of a new identity. Lanchester illuminates their characters and Julia's motives with moving insight. "Family Romance" is a book about reticence and its costs. It is a story about love and fearing the strength of your own feelings; about family ties, and the flight from family, and the deep human need to keep secrets. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber & Faber |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for PEN/Ackerley Prize 2008 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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