What the Family Needed by Steven Amsterdam

What the Family Needed by Steven Amsterdam

'Okay, tell me which do you want: to be able to fly or to be invisible?' This question leads to thirty years of discoveries, extraordinary strengths and closely guarded secrets. 'To tell you the narrative concens a family whose members have superpowers is only to graze the surface of a moving and beautifully realised meditation on what it is to be an ordinary human being' Australian 'A wonderful novel: imaginative, intelligent, empathetic... Like a cross between The Corrections and The Slap' Sydney Morning Herald SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 ENCORE AWARD

A gem of a book…hugely entertaining and also quite moving -- Thomas Quinn * Big Issue *
Enjoyable -- Ben East * Observer *
Wry, deeply moving and literally magical * Chloe Hooper *
Amsterdam is consistently playful, witty and light of touch * Times Literary Supplement *
A wonderful novel: imaginative, intelligent, empathetic..like a cross between The Corrections and The Slap * Sydney Morning Herald *

Steven Amsterdam was born in New York and has worked as a map editor, producer's assistant, and a pastry chef. He has lived in Melbourne, Australia since 2003, where he works as a writer and palliative care nurse. His debut novel, Things We Didn't See Coming, won The Age Book of the Year in Australia and was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.

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ISBN 13	9780099565932
ISBN 10	0099565935
Title	What the Family Needed
Author	Steven Amsterdam
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2013-11-07
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Short-listed for 2012 Encore Award 2013 (UK)
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