My Phantoms (Paperback)

Gwendoline Riley

ISBN 10: 1783783273 / ISBN 13: 9781783783274

Verlag: Granta Books, London, 2022

Paperback. From the Women's Prize-Shortlisted author of First LoveHelen Grant has always been a mystery to her daughter. Twice-divorced, with few friends, her desire to join in is matched only by her need to stand apart. As Bridget looks back over their fractious relationship, she is forced to confront the cruelties inflicted on both sides.My Phantoms is an insightful, compelling and painfully funny account of a family strained to breaking point; a reckoning with the damage we do over the course of a life.'What a phenomenal ear she has, and how remorselessly funny she is - MyPhantoms is unmissably good ' - Kevin Barry, author of Night Boat toTangier An electric, compelling, often painfully funny portrait of family relationships, which shows the damage we can do in the course of a life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781783783274

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 'What a phenomenal ear she has, and how remorselessly funny she is - My Phantoms is unmissably good' Kevin Barry, author of Night Boat to Tangier Helen Grant has always been a mystery to her daughter. A twice-divorced mother-of-two she has sought intimacy in all the wrong places. Her daughter Bridget sees her once a year and considers the problem contained. But as she looks back over their fractious relationship, she is forced to confront cruelties inflicted on both sides. My Phantoms is an insightful and painfully funny account of a family strained to breaking point, and a reckoning with the damage we do over the course of a life. My Phantoms was a Book of the Year in the Observer, the Daily Telegraph, the Irish Times, the Guardian, The White Review, the Evening Standard, the Big Issue, the TLS, the Week and the New Statesman.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: GWENDOLINE RILEY was born in London in 1979 and has been hailed as one of the most significant young British writers. She is is the author of First Love, which was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Literature, the Dylan Thomas Prize, the Gordon Burn Prize, and won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize; Cold Water, Sick Notes, Joshua Spassky and Opposed Positions. She has also been awarded a Betty Trask Award and a Somerset Maugham Award, and has been shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. In 2018, the Times Literary Supplement named her as one of the twenty best British and Irish novelists working today.

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Titel: My Phantoms (Paperback)
Verlag: Granta Books, London
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new