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SWEET HOME
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| By: |
Carys Bray |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£5.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1844719340 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781844719341 |
| Publisher: |
SALT PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
5 December, 2012 |
| Pages: |
168 |
| Description: |
Sweet Home is a finely-crafted, lyrical debut collection. A surreal supermarket, fictional parenting books, a gingerbread house and an alternative to IVF steeped in Nordic mythology are deployed as Carys Bray explores loss, disappointment, frustrated expectations and regret. These dark, funny stories strike at the heart of family life. |
| Synopsis: |
A bereaved mother borrows her next door neighbor's baby. An outsider builds a gingerbread house at the edge of an English village. A woman is seduced into buying special-offer babies at the supermarket. A father is reminded of his son as he watches the rescue of a group of Chilean miners. A little boy attempts to engineer a happily ever after following the death of his sister. With psychological insight and a lightness of touch frequently found in fairy tales, Bray delves under the surface of ordinary lives to explore loss, disappointment, frustrated expectations and regret. Described as 'not just excellent, but significant,' by poet and critic Robert Sheppard, these dark and lyrical stories illuminate extraordinary and everyday occurrences with humanity and humour. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Salt Publishing |
| Prizes: |
Long-listed for Edge Hill Prize for the Short Story 2013. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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