In Search of Adam
1st Edition
Published on 29. October 2009
352 pages
978-0-00-734740-7 (ISBN)
Description
A taut and beautifully written debut novel by an exciting and accomplished new author.
Motherless, rootless and unprotected, Jude Williams' childhood is fractured by the horror and experience of sexual abuse, forcing her to exist somewhere and nowhere in-between childhood and adulthood. Caught within the limitations of her own language and trapped within a family secret, Jude becomes the consequence of her mother's tragedy. As she moves through the 1980s, Jude's life is buffeted by choice and destiny and she collects experiences that layer her personal tragedy and plunge her into the darkest of worlds.
Motherless, rootless and unprotected, Jude Williams' childhood is fractured by the horror and experience of sexual abuse, forcing her to exist somewhere and nowhere in-between childhood and adulthood. Caught within the limitations of her own language and trapped within a family secret, Jude becomes the consequence of her mother's tragedy. As she moves through the 1980s, Jude's life is buffeted by choice and destiny and she collects experiences that layer her personal tragedy and plunge her into the darkest of worlds.
Reviews / Votes
'Will Self and Caroline Smailes are arch-experimentalists' OBSERVER'A stark and shocking tale told unflinchingly yet with outstanding sensitivity'
Dave Hill, author of The Adoption
'Original, authentic and technically brilliant, Caroline Smailes' In Search of Adam is a debut of remarkable quality and devastating power'
Nicholas Royle, author of Antwerp
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,32 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-00-734740-7 (9780007347407)
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Caroline Smailes
In Search of Adam
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Person
Caroline Smailes was born in Newcastle in 1973. In 2006 a chance remark on a daytime chat show caused Caroline to reconsider her life. She enrolled on an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and began to write In Search of Adam.
Caroline is currently an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and lives in the North West with her husband and three children.
Caroline is currently an Associate Lecturer for the Open University and lives in the North West with her husband and three children.
