Another gripping read from the author of Truth Games and Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones.<br />

“What a delight to find a novel that’s both a page-turner and a nuanced exploration of characters. The tensions and subtleties of relationships of marriage and parenting across the decades are explored with delicacy, yet the storytelling never falters, as a constantly-evolving plot keeps you hooked until the last page.”
Sarah Rayner, author of One Moment, One Morning<br />

“Oz touches on a tough and important subject that doesn’t get enough coverage – the tremendous burden that children can be for those who don’t want them or who have them at the wrong times in their lives. This is a theme that really comes out and reaches a marvellous crescendo.”
Chris Boyd, screenwriter<br />

“Swept me along with little to say but huge praise. I was riveted to every word.”
Paul Lyons, author of The Eden Man

- Publisher: Cinnamon Press,

Mark Jonnson's life is a mess. He's been cheating on his wife, fears his marriage is over, but can't bear to leave his boistrous 7-year-old daughter, Matilda. Just when he thinks things can't get worse, his mother is killed in a road accident. Shocked and grieving, he decamps to her house, where he uncovers a secret that will turn his life upside-down and send him and his daughter on a whirlwind search for the truth.

Another gripping read from the author of Truth Games and Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones.

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Mark Jonnson's life is a mess. He's been cheating on his wife, fears his marriage is over, but can't bear to leave his boisterous 7-year-old daughter, Matilda. Just when he thinks things can't get worse, his mother is killed in a road accident.
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What a delight to find a novel that's both a page turner and a nuanced exploration of character. The tensions and subtleties of relationships of marriage and parenting across the decades are explored with delicacy, yet the story telling never falters, as a constantly evolving plot keeps you hooked until the last page. — Sarah Rayner, author of One Moment, One Morning

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Bobbie Darbyshire two previous novels are Truth Games (Cinnamon Press 2009) and Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones (Sandstone Press 2010). She won the 2008 fiction prize at the National Academy of Writing and the New Delta Review Creative Nonfiction Prize 2010, and Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones was long-listed for the International Rubery Book Award. Bobbie has worked as barmaid, mushroom picker, film extra, maths coach, cabinet minister’s private secretary, care assistant and volunteer adult-literacy teacher, as well as in social research and government policy. She hosts a writers’ group and lives in London.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781909077454
Publisert
2014-10-15
Utgiver
Cinnamon Press; Cinnamon Press
Vekt
325 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
292

Forfatter

Om bidragsyterne

Author of five novels, Bobbie Darbyshire won the 2008 fiction prize at the National Academy of Writing and the New Delta Review Creative Nonfiction Prize 2010. She has worked as a barmaid, mushroom picker, film extra, maths coach, cabinet minister’s private secretary, care assistant, adult literacy teacher, and in social research and policy. Bobbie hosts a writing group and lives in London. Bobbie’s previous novels are: Truth Games, Love, Revenge & Buttered Scones, OZ, and The Posthumous Adventures of Harry Whittaker. You can find Bobbie on Facebook and Twitter @bobbiedar, or visit her Amazon author page.