Incendiary
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Published:13th Aug '09
£9.99
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The extraordinary first novel from the author of THE OTHER HAND
You aren't stupid.
You know there's no such thing as a perfect mother.
Plenty of other books will tell you there is, but this one won't lie to you.
I was weak and I cheated and I was punished, but my god I loved my child through all of it.
Love means you never break, and it means you're stronger than the things they do to you. I know this is true because I have been through fire, and I am the proof that love survives.
I am not a perfect mother but I will tell you the perfect truth, because this is you and me talking.
This is my story.
Stunning... a haunting work of art. * Newsweek *
Chris Cleave has the ability to create moving and beautiful scenes within a terrifying backdrop. I couldn't put it down; it's subversive, thought-provoking and well-written. * Observer, Books of the Year *
Richly sardonic and often disarmingly poignant... How can one fail to be impressed and moved? * Guardian *
Cleave's heroine is by turns funny, sad, flawed, sympathetic, both damaged and indomitable, and triumphantly convincing. * Sunday Telegraph *
Stunning * New York Times AND International Herald Tribune AND Bookmarks Magazine *
This is a compulsive read, sure to stir the dust * CITY AM *
Searing.. poignant and compelling.. Utterly believable and mesmerizing * Newsday *
Dark, tense and undeniably provocative * Metro *
Hilariously sympathetic and convincing * San Francisco Chronicle *
Mesmerizing * Washington Post *
- Winner of Somerset Maugham Awards 2006 (UK)
- Winner of United States Book of the Month Club 2005 (UK)
- Short-listed for Commonwealth Writers Prize 2006 (UK)
ISBN: 9780340998489
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 23mm
Weight: 251g
352 pages