- Widowers, Death, Mothers, Motherless families
In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their father, a Ted Hughes scholar and scruffy romantic, imagines a future of well-meaning visitors and emptiness.
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Intimate, contemporary, contemplative and prestige.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Max Porter
- First published
- 2015
- Pages
- 121
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited, Graywolf Press, Faber & Faber, London, England
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780571323777
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