A mother who invented her past, a father who was often absent, a son who wondered if this could really be his family. Richard Glover's favourite dinner-party game is called 'Who's Got the Weirdest Parents?'. It's a game he always thinks he'll win. There was his mother, a deluded snob, who made up large swathes of her past and who ran away with Richard's English teacher, a Tolkien devotee, nudist and stuffed-toy collector. There was his father, a distant alcoholic, who ran through a gamut of wives, yachts and failed dreams. And there was Richard himself, a confused teenager, vulnerable to strange men, trying to find a family he could belong to. As he eventually accepted, the only way to make sense of the present was to go back to the past - but beware of what you might find there. Truth can leave wounds - even if they are only flesh wounds.
By:
Richard Glover Read by:
Richard Glover Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 134mm,
Width: 146mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 171g ISBN:9781489052476 ISBN 10: 148905247X Publication Date:01 September 2015 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:CD-Audio Publisher's Status: Active
