I Know You are Going to be Happy

Compulsive read - What makes it fascinating is witnessing Christiansen's attempt to establish a relationship with his father, for the first time, in these pages. powerful and haunting. * The Guardian *
Funny, truthful, and in the end a very painful account of the devastation caused to a small boy by his father leaving the family... Reading Christiansen's tender, insightful, clear-eyed account of it all is a remarkable experience. * The Observer *
The evocative portrayal of a single parent family in the Fifties reminds us that nothing in history seems so distant as the day before yesterday. * Mail on Sunday *
There is no self-pity in these pages; there is very little self at all, which results in the spare beauty of the prose. * Telegraph *
He writes elegant prose, and describes his subjects with an elegiac compassion. * Literary Review *
Dance and music critic Christiansen gives a moving, unsparing account of how promising careers in journalism and the good wishes of friends for their marriage turned sour for his mother and father. * Saga Magazine *