The Sound of It by Alison Jean Lester
When Su, a divorced mother of one daughter, falls in love with Jeremy, a widowed father of two sons, they want to build a life together, but neither of their houses in Worcester is big enough for a family of five. They decide to build a dream house in farmland outside the city, in which to live happily ever after. For sound designer Su, it's an opportunity to create an embracing home and heal past wounds, while Jeremy sees a chance to impress his overbearing father. The Sound of It looks at parenting and at step-parenting, when expectations are high, dreams are big, and the Internet is very dangerous.
"An honest and gripping look at parenting, step-parenting and later-in-life love" - Adele Parks, #1 bestselling author; "An absorbing and powerful novel about blended families, love and betrayal." - Louisa Treger, author of Madwoman; "I’ve never read anything quite like it. Hilarious, desperately sad, and utterly compelling. An extraordinary and extremely readable novel." - Fiona Mitchell, author of The Swap and The Maid’s Room; "Lester paints a fascinating picture of the trajectory of a modern relationship in this mesmerising novel. This sensitive, clever and, above all, believable portrayal will have you gripped from start to finish. Highly recommended." - Kerry Hadley-Pryce, author of The Black Country
Daughter of a mother from the Wirral Peninsula and a father from Missouri, Alison Jean Lester spent her formative years in the US and the UK. Her studies took her to China, Taiwan and Italy. She then worked and raised her children in Japan and Singapore. She is the author of the novels Lillian on Life, Yuki Means Happiness and Glide, the collections Locked Out: Stories Far from Home and Restroom Reflections: How Communication Changes Everything, and the memoir Absolutely Delicious: A Chronicle of Extraordinary Dying, a finalist in the National Indie Excellence Awards. She now lives with her photographer husband in Worcestershire, England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781838112455 |
| ISBN 10 | 1838112456 |
| Title | The Sound of It |
| Author | Alison Jean Lester |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bench Press |
| Year published | 2022-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 214 |
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