Incendiary by Chris Cleave
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OTHER HAND 'I couldn't put it down' Observer 'Stunning' New York Times You aren't stupid. You know there's no such thing as a perfect mother. Plenty of other books will tell you there is, but this one won't lie to you. I was weak and I cheated and I was punished, but my god I loved my child through all of it. Love means you never break, and it means you're stronger than the things they do to you. I know this is true because I have been through fire, and I am the proof that love survives. I am not a perfect mother but I will tell you the perfect truth, because this is you and me talking. This is my story. 'Cleave's heroine is by turns funny, sad, flawed, sympathetic, both damaged and indomitable, and triumphantly convincing' Sunday Telegraph
Stunning.. a haunting work of art. * Newsweek *
Chris Cleave has the ability to create moving and beautiful scenes within a terrifying backdrop. I couldn't put it down; it's subversive, thought-provoking and well-written. * Observer, Books of the Year *
Richly sardonic and often disarmingly poignant... How can one fail to be impressed and moved? * Guardian *
Cleave's heroine is by turns funny, sad, flawed, sympathetic, both damaged and indomitable, and triumphantly convincing. * Sunday Telegraph *
Stunning * New York Times AND International Herald Tribune AND Bookmarks Magazine *
This is a compulsive read, sure to stir the dust * CITY AM *
Searing.. poignant and compelling.. Utterly believable and mesmerizing * Newsday *
Dark, tense and undeniably provocative * Metro *
Hilariously sympathetic and convincing * San Francisco Chronicle *
Mesmerizing * Washington Post *
Chris Cleave has the ability to create moving and beautiful scenes within a terrifying backdrop. I couldn't put it down; it's subversive, thought-provoking and well-written. * Observer, Books of the Year *
Richly sardonic and often disarmingly poignant... How can one fail to be impressed and moved? * Guardian *
Cleave's heroine is by turns funny, sad, flawed, sympathetic, both damaged and indomitable, and triumphantly convincing. * Sunday Telegraph *
Stunning * New York Times AND International Herald Tribune AND Bookmarks Magazine *
This is a compulsive read, sure to stir the dust * CITY AM *
Searing.. poignant and compelling.. Utterly believable and mesmerizing * Newsday *
Dark, tense and undeniably provocative * Metro *
Hilariously sympathetic and convincing * San Francisco Chronicle *
Mesmerizing * Washington Post *
Chris Cleave is a New York Times #1 bestselling novelist whose books are published in forty countries. His debut novel INCENDIARY won the Somerset Maugham Award, among others. His second, the Costa-shortlisted THE OTHER HAND, was a global bestseller and sat in the New York Times Top Ten for over a year (under the US title, Little Bee). Both books were shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prizes. He lives in Kingston-upon-Thames with his wife and three children, and welcomes readers at facebook.com/ChrisCleaveBooks, www.chriscleave.com and twitter.com/chriscleave.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340998489 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340998482 |
| Title | Incendiary |
| Author | Chris Cleave |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2009-08-13 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Winner of Somerset Maugham Awards 2006 (UK), Winner of United States Book of the Month Club 2005 (UK), Short-listed for Commonwealth Writers Prize 2006 (UK) |
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