Incendiary
A 'pitch-perfect' (Telegraph) novel about motherhood and loss from bestselling author of The Other Hand
Published on 13. August 2009
300 pages
978-1-84894-510-4 (ISBN)
Description
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING, INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OTHER HAND
'I couldn't put it down'
Observer
'Stunning'
New York Times
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.
'Cleave's heroine is by turns funny, sad, flawed, sympathetic, both damaged and indomitable, and triumphantly convincing'
Sunday Telegraph
'I couldn't put it down'
Observer
'Stunning'
New York Times
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.
'Cleave's heroine is by turns funny, sad, flawed, sympathetic, both damaged and indomitable, and triumphantly convincing'
Sunday Telegraph
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> * 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
Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
File size
0,43 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-84894-510-4 (9781848945104)
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Chris Cleave's debut novel INCENDIARY was a prize-winner and international bestseller and his second novel, THE OTHER HAND has found phenomenal success both in the UK and abroad, hitting number one on the New York Times bestseller list. He is married with three children, and lives in Kingston-upon-Thames. He keeps a website at www.chriscleave.com and can be found on twitter.com/chriscleave.
