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Another Mother's Son

‘We’re lucky to have such an intelligent chronicler of our present' Tessa Hadley on Janet Davey

Lorna Parry lives with her three sons, each one lurching into adulthood. Lorna struggles in the claustrophobic loneliness of her home; she’s still angry at her ex-husband, uncomfortable around her father’s new girlfriend and finds it difficult to talk to her sons. Life seems precariously balanced. Then a shocking event occurs at the boys’ school and her world threatens to implode.

Funny, shrewd and desolating- a novel that makes you look and think twice

Kate Kellaway, Observer Books of the Year

About Janet Davey

Janet Davey was born in 1953. She is the author of English Correspondence, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, First Aid, The Taxi Queue and By Battersea Bridge.
Details
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9781784701123
  • Length: 304 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 19mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 244g
  • Price: £8.99
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