Secret Daughter
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Profile Books Ltd
Publishing:3rd Dec '26
£12.99
This title is due to be published on 3rd December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A seductive, sharp and thrilling excavation of a family, for fans of Isabel Waidner and Claire-Louise Bennett
The secret is revealed to her unceremoniously: Manolo is not her father. She wonders if his best friend Sebastian, her real father, might have been kinder than the charismatic, dangerous man she was sent away from as a child. The life granted to her in the Midwest, confusingly predictable though not altogether safe, was worlds away from her mother's madness, and Manolo's reckless chaos, both of which she left behind in Mexico City. Her uncle Ed, more a father to her than anyone, doted on her as if she were his own despite his callous and unwelcoming wife. Now, years later, she attempts to understand the splinters her fractured childhood have left in her. Who were these three fathers? What did they leave her with?
Fuelled by a sharp intelligence and analytical rigour, this captivating novel pieces together the fragmented archive of a life, its startling revelations even more poignant and profound against the backdrop of Mexico's own charged history -- Chloe Aridjis, Booker-longlisted author of The Shadow of the Object
A riveting novel about secrets and whispers, lies and half-truths. Our heroine has three fathers and yet no father at all; she comes from a large family but lives in strange solitude; she is a citizen of two countries yet is caught between both. More than anything else, though Secret Daughter is a story beautifully told, a young girl's journey towards freedom and self-knowledge, a writer's quest for self-completion -- Colm Tóibín
I love the way Veronica Gonzalez Peña engages and even implicates the reader in her own struggle to remember, to investigate, to understand, This novel, emotionally complex, disarming, sexy, painful, brainy, is utterly engrossing -- Francisco Goldman, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of Monkey Boy
Praise for Veronica Gonzalez Peña * : *
Honest and riveting -- Lynne Tillman
Like being in an aquarium looking out ... I love the fabric of this book -- Eileen Myles
ISBN: 9781806492268
Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 26mm
Weight: 250g
288 pages
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