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They say there’s no place like home. It’s where the heart is…Meet the little boy who believes in miracles.Meet the mother who loves to bring babies home from the newborn aisle of her supermarket.Meet the husband who carves a longed-for baby out of ice as a gift for his wife.Meet the widow who is reminded of romance whilst pegging out the washing.Awarded the Scott Prize for short story writing, Sweet Home weaves together moments of joy, heartache, sadness and unwavering love as told through seventeen very different notions of home.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.138 kg |
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| Dimensions | 1.3 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm |
| PubliCanadation City/Country | United Kingdom |
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| Pages | 192 |
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| Year Published | 2016-2-25 |
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| Publication City/Country | London, United Kingdom |
| ISBN 10 | 0099510626 |
| About The Author | Carys Bray was awarded the Scott Prize for her debut short-story collection, Sweet Home. Her first novel, A Song for Issy Bradley, was chosen for Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime and was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and winner of the Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award 2015. She lives in Southport with her husband and four children. |
Accomplished, moving and unnerving, Sweet Home is a tour de force. |
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| Other text | Shades of Angela Carter colour Bray's title story while Fay Weldon and Jane Gardam are godmothers to Bray's fiction, bringing gifts of satire and observation that can prick and draw blood. |
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