Riley, Gwendoline
My Phantoms
- ISBN 13:
- 9781783783274
- author:
- Riley, Gwendoline
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Granta Books
- language:
- English
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 centimetres (0.15 kg
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, General, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Helen Grant is a complex figure, known to her daughter as 'Hen'. She has a reputation for seeking intimacy in the wrong places, and has been a source of turmoil in Bridget's life. Now, as an academic in her forties, Bridget is forced to confront the difficulties of their relationship, which has been marked by performances and small deceptions. As she looks back, she tries to understand the cruelties that have been inflicted on both sides. As the years go by, Helen's demands on Bridget become more intense, threatening to disrupt the fragile balance of their relationship. This is a bold and heart-stopping portrayal of a failed familial bond, which brings humour, subtlety and new life to the difficult terrain of mothers and daughters. Gwendoline Riley's writing brings a nuanced understanding to the complexities of mother-daughter relationships, and the ways in which our past experiences can shape our present.
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