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^a big, wonderful, deeply absorbing
novel that retains the vivid domestic
FOCUS OF THE GOOD MOTHER WHILE SPIRALING far beyond it - NEWSWEEK
Randall Eberhardt is both angel and demon, a beautiful autistic child. His father, David, wants him placed in an institution; his mother, Lainey, insists on keeping him at home with their other children, where she feverishly expends upon him all the love she possesses.
Over the years it is Nina, the daughter closest in age to Randall, who absorbs the tensions that rock the family and later attempts to find meaning in the ties that bind them through the unpredictable twists and turns of their lives. And, finally, she understands that it was Randall, the still centre, who gave focus to their kaleidoscopic lives.
'In tone it is absolutely flawless. It captures perfectly the sass and grit of family life In fact. Family Pictures doesn't so ^ much entertain its readers as adopt them' - Anne Tyler, author of Breathing Lessons '
'Emotionally...
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Fülszöveg
^a big, wonderful, deeply absorbing
novel that retains the vivid domestic
FOCUS OF THE GOOD MOTHER WHILE SPIRALING far beyond it - NEWSWEEK
Randall Eberhardt is both angel and demon, a beautiful autistic child. His father, David, wants him placed in an institution; his mother, Lainey, insists on keeping him at home with their other children, where she feverishly expends upon him all the love she possesses.
Over the years it is Nina, the daughter closest in age to Randall, who absorbs the tensions that rock the family and later attempts to find meaning in the ties that bind them through the unpredictable twists and turns of their lives. And, finally, she understands that it was Randall, the still centre, who gave focus to their kaleidoscopic lives.
'In tone it is absolutely flawless. It captures perfectly the sass and grit of family life In fact. Family Pictures doesn't so ^ much entertain its readers as adopt them' - Anne Tyler, author of Breathing Lessons '
'Emotionally harrowing, the writing is of such delicacy and precision that its power is undeniable' - Woman's Journal
'A remarkable tapestry which explores the love of parents and children with quite extraordinary depth and subtlety' - Celia Brayfield in She
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