The Wacky Man

Lyn G. Farrell

Description

Longlisted for the Guardian Not the Booker prize 2016

'An astonishing tour de force!' -- The Daily Mail

'Book of the Year!' -- Clio Gray, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction-shortlisted author

A striking debut from the winner of the 2015 Luke Bitmead Bursary

BookMuse Recommended Read

My new shrink asks me, 'What things do you remember about being very young?' It's like looking into a murky river, I say. Memories flash near the surface like fish coming up for flies. The past peeps out, startles me, and then is gone...

Amanda secludes herself in her bedroom, no longer willing to face the outside world. Gradually, she pieces together the story of her life: her brothers have had to abandon her, her mother scarcely talks to her, and the Wacky Man could return any day to burn the house down. Just like he promised.

As her family disintegrates, Amanda hopes for a better future, a way out from the violence and fear that has consumed her childhood. But can she cling to her sanity, before insanity itself is her only means of escape?

Sujets

• Coming of Age
• Flashbacks
• Abandoned
• Shocking
• DEEP
• Disturbance
• Domestic violence
• Therapy
• Comfort
• Child abuse
• Young adult
• Grit
• Authenticity
• Literary fiction
• Mental health
• Internal
• Psychological abuse
• Physical abuse
• Raw
• Body dysmorphic disorder
• Rorschach test
• Suffering
• Forging
• Childhood
• Self-harm
• Insanity
• Power (philosophy)
• Ireland
• Plot (narrative)
• Sanity
• Mental disorder
• Author
• Youth
• Memory
• Dark
• Isolation
• Realistic
• Abuse
• Trauma
• Violence
• Catastrophe

Informations

• Publié par: Legend Press
• Date de parution: 02 mai 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781785079566
• Langue: English

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