Hope for Newborns by Rodge Glass
Twenty-nine-year-old Lewis's family are the definition of dysfunctional: his brothers, living estranged and unknown lives in Texas and Toronto, his mother, confined in her self-imposed silent state in a room full of fish and amphibians and his father, at work in the Victory Barber Shop where customers are surrounded by souvenirs of wartime Europe. And Lewis, caught between working at a recruitment agency, helping his father out in the barbers and keeping his mother in touch with world news. But when he receives an email out of the blue from Christy, an old school friend, he is intrigued by her society for Hope for Newborns. Compared with the murkiness of home, the promises of her manifesto - freedom through friendship and love through sacrifice - appear so luminous, and the chance of romance so tangible.
Rodge Glass's first novel NO FIREWORKS was shortlisted for the Glen Dimplex Award, the Authors' Club award and longlisted for the inaugural Dylan Thomas award. He lives in Glasgow and is working on a biography of Alasdair Gray (Bloomsbury).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571238224 |
| ISBN 10 | 057123822X |
| Title | Hope for Newborns |
| Author | Rodge Glass |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2009-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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