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Mother's Milk
by Edward St.Aubyn | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780330435918 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780330435918 Global Overview for this book
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This book is the Winner of the 2006 South Bank Literature Award. The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide, Patrick finds his wife consumed by motherhood, his mother consumed by a New Age foundation, and his five-year-old son Robert understanding far more than he ought. Showcasing Edward St Aubyn's ability to combine the most excruciating emotional pain with the driest comedy, "Mother's Milk" is a dazzling exploration of the troubled allegiances between parents and children, husbands and wives. Acerbically witty, disarmingly tender, it goes to the core of a family trapped in the remains of its ever-present past."So good - so fantastically well-written, profound and humane... it is heart-stopping" - "Observer". "The bravura quality of St Aubyn's performance is irresistible" - "Sunday Telegraph". "Wonderful caustic wit... Polished yet profound, it's even better than his previous work, and that's saying something" - "Guardian". ""Mother's Milk" has the cerebral excitement and piercing funniness of St Aubyn at his brilliant best" - "Tatler".
Sending to my BookObsessed Happiness Day Partner after I messed up the first parcel!
Sending to my BookObsessed Happiness Day Partner after I messed up the first parcel!
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Journal Entry 2 by zzz from Rakovica / Раковица, City of Belgrade Serbia on Wednesday, August 8, 2007
I''m sorry for inconvenience about the first parcel. I didn''t have an inkling that posting about it would effect you in any way.
Of course I really appreciate what you''ve done. I''m so looking forward to read this novel. Thanks J.
Of course I really appreciate what you''ve done. I''m so looking forward to read this novel. Thanks J.