Father Figure

Widdecombe, Ann

ISBN 10: 0752868454 ISBN 13: 9780752868455

Casa editrice: Orion, 2005

Riassunto

Jason Kirk is a 32-year-old teacher who believes he is happily married until he returns home one day to find that his wife has left him, taking their two young children with her. Suddenly Jason finds the role of father denied to him as he is separated from his children and reduced to the role of visitor.

The law is weighted against him and his wife produces a series of excuses to withhold contact with Jake, eight, and Leah, three. Jason, who had wanted to bring his children up to maturity on a daily basis, not only has to face the pain of this loss but endures the misery of persecution by the Child Support Agency. He discovers he is not alone and that among his friends and colleagues, there are others enduring the same situation.

FATHER FIGURE is an enthralling, thought-provoking novel of modern fatherhood.

Read by Rupert Penry-Jones

Su questo libro

Descrizione del libro:

Ann Widdecombe's controversial novel about the position of men in today's society. Abridged edition.

L'autore:

Ann Widdecombe is best known as a former Member of Parliament and for her broadcasting and journalism, but she long had ambitions to write novels. She is the author of four novels, and likes to write her novels on long train journeys and in Singapore, when visiting her Chinese nanny.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0752868454
• ISBN 13: 9780752868455
• Rilegatura: Audio CD