The Awkward Age
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The Awkward Age by Francesca Segal
'A very smart, soulful, compelling novel' Nick Hornby What does it take to be a family? Julia has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. Its perfect but for two things: their children. Julias beloved daughter Gwen loathes James and Jamess son Nathan takes pleasure in antagonising his new stepsister.
It’s beautifully written -- Victoria Hislop * Good Housekeeping *
A very smart, soulful, compelling, elegantly written domestic novel -- Nick Hornby * Observer *
Francesca Segal is incisive on modern lives, penetrating and thoughtful - and yet always joyfully entertaining and stylishly readable * Naomi Alderman *
Segal’s wit and intelligence are entirely her own and the moral dilemmas of her characters could not be more modern… Segal has a superb eye for the lies that the middle-aged lovers tell themselves, and they are jolted back to reality when it all goes spectacularly wrong. It is nearly a tragedy, but not quite; she’s just too funny -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
Elegant… an entertaining look at the messy business of trying to be in a family in emotionally trying circumstances… Irresistible -- Eithne Farry * Mail on Sunday *
A story that is equal parts hilarious and devastating * Vogue *
Francesa Segal is precise and funny, and The Awkward Age is brimming with keen observations of the highest order--the clever, the sore, and the sublime. * Emma Straub *
Segal… is a sharp observer of the tribulations of teenage love and modern relationships. Particularly strong on how blind parents are towards their ghastly offspring’s flaws, this book is a lively, quick-witted performance * The Sunday Times *
In Francesca Segal’s magnificent new novel The Awkward Age, romantic and parental love go head to head, stress-testing loyalties and bonds with heartbreaking consequences… Genius… An impressively nuanced and convincing portrait of maternal love… a painful delight to read, invoking a perfectly balanced oscillation between compassion and frustration -- Lucy Scholes * Independent *
Themes of non-nuclear family life, the everyday fractures and renovations inherent to relationships of any kind, amid moments of pitch-perfect comic tension… Segal navigates these re-drawn battle lines with skill and sensitivity… There is no precise time, we are reminded, at which life becomes less tangled, at which personalities are formed as in aspic: we can see that all ages are awkward, but some are more awkward than others -- Zoë Apostolides * Financial Times *
A very smart, soulful, compelling, elegantly written domestic novel -- Nick Hornby * Observer *
Francesca Segal is incisive on modern lives, penetrating and thoughtful - and yet always joyfully entertaining and stylishly readable * Naomi Alderman *
Segal’s wit and intelligence are entirely her own and the moral dilemmas of her characters could not be more modern… Segal has a superb eye for the lies that the middle-aged lovers tell themselves, and they are jolted back to reality when it all goes spectacularly wrong. It is nearly a tragedy, but not quite; she’s just too funny -- Kate Saunders * The Times *
Elegant… an entertaining look at the messy business of trying to be in a family in emotionally trying circumstances… Irresistible -- Eithne Farry * Mail on Sunday *
A story that is equal parts hilarious and devastating * Vogue *
Francesa Segal is precise and funny, and The Awkward Age is brimming with keen observations of the highest order--the clever, the sore, and the sublime. * Emma Straub *
Segal… is a sharp observer of the tribulations of teenage love and modern relationships. Particularly strong on how blind parents are towards their ghastly offspring’s flaws, this book is a lively, quick-witted performance * The Sunday Times *
In Francesca Segal’s magnificent new novel The Awkward Age, romantic and parental love go head to head, stress-testing loyalties and bonds with heartbreaking consequences… Genius… An impressively nuanced and convincing portrait of maternal love… a painful delight to read, invoking a perfectly balanced oscillation between compassion and frustration -- Lucy Scholes * Independent *
Themes of non-nuclear family life, the everyday fractures and renovations inherent to relationships of any kind, amid moments of pitch-perfect comic tension… Segal navigates these re-drawn battle lines with skill and sensitivity… There is no precise time, we are reminded, at which life becomes less tangled, at which personalities are formed as in aspic: we can see that all ages are awkward, but some are more awkward than others -- Zoë Apostolides * Financial Times *
Francesca Segal is an award-winning writer and journalist. Her first novel, The Innocents, won the 2012 Costa First Novel Award, the 2012 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, the 2013 Sami Rohr Prize, and a Betty Trask Award. It was also longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. She lives in London with her family.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099569534 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099569531 |
| Title | The Awkward Age |
| Author | Francesca Segal |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2018-05-03 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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