Mother Island
Published on 3. July 2014
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-7011-8585-5 (ISBN)
Description
How does it feel to come home from work one evening and find your two-year-old son gone? How does it feel to steal another woman's child? To take a boy from his mother, and try to make him yours, make things right? This is the story of two women, Nula and Maggie, joined by old family history and love for the same little boy.
Reviews / Votes
Roberts writes fantastically well about motherhood and the magical, other-worldly atmosphere of Anglesey * The Times * More than just a piece of mummy lit, it's particularly good on the multiple tiny stories of hurt and resentments that can make up a family history. * Metro * There's little more engrossing than a top-notch psychological thriller. Bethan Roberts's latest novel doesn't disappoint - it's satisfyingly creepy and stimulates that delicious paradox: goose-pimples in summer. * The Independent * A sharp examination of what it means to be a mother...What makes Mother Island stand out from the crowd, though, is the compassion the author shows for her central characters...A thoroughly cracking read * Big Issue * Cleverly constructed... Skilful unravelling of events... Uncomfortable and gripping in equal measures -- Juanita Coulson * Lady *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Illustrations
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Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
457 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7011-8585-5 (9780701185855)
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Person
Bethan Roberts was born in Oxford and grew up in nearby Abingdon. Her first novel The Pools won a Jerwood/Arvon Young Writers' Award. Her second novel The Good Plain Cook, published in 2008, was serialized on BBC Radio 4's Book at Bedtime and was chosen as one of Time Out's books of the year. Her third novel, My Policeman, was picked as the 'City Reads' book for Brighton. Her most recent novel is Mother Island, winner of a Jerwood/Fiction Uncovered Prize 2015. Bethan lives in Brighton with her family.
www.bethanrobertswriter.com
www.bethanrobertswriter.com