The Friday Gospels - Rilegato

Ashworth, Jenn

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ISBN 10: 1444707728 ISBN 13: 9781444707724

Casa editrice: Sceptre, 2013

Riassunto

It's Friday in the Leeke household, but this is no ordinary Friday: the Leekes are Lancastrian Mormons and tonight they will be welcoming back their son Gary from his two-year mission in Utah. His mother, Pauline, wants his homecoming to be perfect. Unfortunately, no one else seems to be following the script. In turn, the members of the family let us into their private thoughts and plans. There's teenage Jeannie, wrestling with a disastrous secret; her peculiar elder brother, Julian, who's plotting an exit according to his own warped logic; their father, Martin, dreaming of escape; and 'golden boy' Gary, who dreads his return. Then there's Pauline, who needs a doctor's help but won't ask for it. As the day progresses, a meltdown looms. Except that nothing goes according to anyone's plan, and the outcome is as unexpected as it is shocking. Laced with black humour and giving an unusual insight into the Mormon way of life, this is a superbly orchestrated and arresting tale of human folly and foibles and what counts in times of crisis.

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Recensione:

Utterly, compulsively readable, [it] could be this award-winning young author's best novel yet. (The Sunday Times)

A serious, distinctive and eminently readable story of faith and family; about the demands of the world and the desires of the individual. (Independent on Sunday)

Ashworth's most confident work yet and one that strengthens her reputation as an author worth watching. (Sunday Telegraph)

A serious novel seriously engaged with big themes. It is also very funny. (Andrew Miller, author of PURE)

It is rare to find a novel that is so complex, so damn clever and yet at once readable... a truly exceptional novel. (Helen Walsh, author of BRASS)

Ashworth appears less interested in spreading a simple, comforting message than in uncovering the messy complexities of people, families and faith (Observer)

Descrizione del libro:

The tale of an English Mormon family and the day the cracks in their lives yawn into chasms, as savagely funny as it is tragic.

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• Editore: Sceptre
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1444707728
• ISBN 13: 9781444707724
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 336