LONGLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY AWARD FOR NONFICTION 'Masterful' DAVE EGGERS
'Unforgettable' MAGGIE SMITH 'Profound' CLAIRE MESSUD 'Will leave you breathless' AMINATTA
FORMA When she turned ninety my mother sprang a final surprise on us. She started speaking
in the voice of a stranger. Peter's mother is dying. She finally drops her guard losing all
fear of conflict to become the family provocateur. While confronting the revelations of what
his family was - and wasn't - and the stoicism that sometimes threatened to destroy them Peter
reflects on his family's legacy of exile and their tenuous hold on home. He makes us question
suffer and celebrate the relationships we have among family and friends and the healing of our
own wounds.
