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A mother who fabricated her past, an often-absent father, and a son questioning his family's normalcy. Richard Glover's favorite dinner party game is 'Who's Got the Weirdest Parents?', a game he believes he'll win. His mother, a deluded snob, invented much of her history and eloped with Richard's English teacher, a nudist and stuffed-toy collector. His father, a distant alcoholic, cycled through multiple wives, yachts, and unfulfilled dreams. Meanwhile, Richard, a confused teenager, felt vulnerable and sought a family to connect with. Ultimately, he realized that understanding the present required confronting the past, though it might reveal painful truths. This narrative blends poignant family memoir with a humorous exploration of 1970s Australia, appealing to anyone who has questioned their family's uniqueness. The answer is clear: there's always something stranger out there. Praised as both 'poignant and wildly entertaining' by the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, it has been called a 'breathtaking accomplishment' by THE AUSTRALIAN and 'heartbreaking and hilarious' by SUN-HERALD. The book offers an engrossing and funny portrayal of childhood, making ordinary family life extraordinarily entertaining.
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Flesh Wounds, Richard Glover
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2015
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- Titolo
- Flesh Wounds
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Richard Glover
- Editore
- abc books
- Pubblicato
- 2015
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 304
- ISBN10
- 0733334326
- ISBN13
- 9780733334320
- Serie
- Valutazione
- 3,9 su 5
- Descrizione
- A mother who fabricated her past, an often-absent father, and a son questioning his family's normalcy. Richard Glover's favorite dinner party game is 'Who's Got the Weirdest Parents?', a game he believes he'll win. His mother, a deluded snob, invented much of her history and eloped with Richard's English teacher, a nudist and stuffed-toy collector. His father, a distant alcoholic, cycled through multiple wives, yachts, and unfulfilled dreams. Meanwhile, Richard, a confused teenager, felt vulnerable and sought a family to connect with. Ultimately, he realized that understanding the present required confronting the past, though it might reveal painful truths. This narrative blends poignant family memoir with a humorous exploration of 1970s Australia, appealing to anyone who has questioned their family's uniqueness. The answer is clear: there's always something stranger out there. Praised as both 'poignant and wildly entertaining' by the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, it has been called a 'breathtaking accomplishment' by THE AUSTRALIAN and 'heartbreaking and hilarious' by SUN-HERALD. The book offers an engrossing and funny portrayal of childhood, making ordinary family life extraordinarily entertaining.