Incendiary
Published on 13. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-340-99848-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
Stunning... a haunting work of art. * <i>Newsweek</i> * 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. * <i>Observer</i>, Books of the Year * Richly sardonic and often disarmingly poignant... How can one fail to be impressed and moved? * <i>Guardian</i> * Cleave's heroine is by turns funny, sad, flawed, sympathetic, both damaged and indomitable, and triumphantly convincing. * <i>Sunday Telegraph</i> * Stunning * <i>New York Times</i> AND <i>International Herald Tribune</i> AND <i>Bookmarks Magazine</i> * This is a compulsive read, sure to stir the dust * <i>CITY AM</i> * Searing.. poignant and compelling.. Utterly believable and mesmerizing * <i>Newsday</i> * Dark, tense and undeniably provocative * <i>Metro</i> * Hilariously sympathetic and convincing * <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> * Mesmerizing * <i>Washington Post</i> *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-99848-9 (9780340998489)
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Chris Cleave
Incendiary
A 'pitch-perfect' (Telegraph) novel about motherhood and loss from bestselling author of The Other Hand
E-Book
08/2009
Sceptre
€3.99
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Person
Chris Cleave is a New York Times #1 bestselling novelist whose books are published in forty countries. His debut novel INCENDIARY won the Somerset Maugham Award, among others. His second, the Costa-shortlisted THE OTHER HAND, was a global bestseller and sat in the New York Times Top Ten for over a year (under the US title, Little Bee). Both books were shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prizes. He lives in Kingston-upon-Thames with his wife and three children, and welcomes readers at facebook.com/ChrisCleaveBooks, www.chriscleave.com and twitter.com/chriscleave.