You may love Eric - or want to shake him! Passionately idealistic about his work as a librarian, he's also ruefully aware that he's not exactly Superman. Forced to hide his mysterious background and his mortifying fears, he's a man with secrets - withheld even from close friends. His once homely wife, now a fashionista, has abandoned him, to live in Seattle with a high-powered corporate kingpin, taking their only child, a moody minx-in-waiting, about to turn thirteen. Yet, against the odds, Eric sets out to prove himself - indeed, even to find a soul-mate. Whether braving 'Choco-Love' Speed-Dating; running Wandsworth Prison readers' groups; attending an American Church that champions the Gospel of Prosperity, or rescuing his daughter from near-rape - he finally comes to epitomize the truth of Hemingway's words: The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.
'Broken Places is a great and adventurous read. The main theme of the novel - that life is fundamentally unfair - is explored with verve, energy, relish and humour. Perriam can be very, very funny' - Fay Weldon 'Perriam writes brilliantly about fear and grief, and the lives of children in care, but she is also savagely, hilariously funny about everything to do with sex.' - The Times
Shortlisted for Mind Book of the Year Award 2011.
Title: Broken Places
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Wendy Perriam
ISBN 13: 9780709096252
ISBN 10: 0709096259
Publisher: Robert Hale Ltd
Imprint: Robert Hale Ltd
Publication Date: 1/06/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Dewey Classification:
823.914
(DC23)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm