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Gale Patrick
Mother's Boy A Beautifully Crafted Novel Of War Cornwall And The Relationship Between A Mother And Son
Mother's Boy A Beautifully Crafted Novel Of War Cornwall And The Relationship Between A Mother And Son
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Description: Tender evocative TLS Richly engaging Spectator A Radio 4 Serial Fiction Book of the Week A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next Observer A wonderful novel about relationships particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read beautifully crafted and sensitively written Irish Examiner _______ Laura a laundress meets her young husband when they are both placed in service in Teignmouth in 1914. They have a baby Charles but his father returns home from the trenches a damaged man already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave Laura a widow. As a new war looms Charles signs up for the navy as a coder. His escape from the tight gossipy confines of Launceston to a more colourful life in action sees him blossom as he experiences the possibility of death and the excitement - even terror - of a love that is as clandestine as his work. _______ Stands with the best queer literary fiction of a historical bent illuminated as it is by Gale's devilish wit and talent for both social observation and intricacies of character Sydney Morning Herald A wonderful novel - a touching utterly convincing portrait of the nascent artist Mail on Sunday A deeply moving novel. The portrait of a complex relationship that constricted as much as it sustained is brilliantly done The Tablet
Title: Mother's Boy A Beautifully Crafted Novel Of War Cornwall And The Relationship Between A Mother And Son
Author(s): Gale Patrick
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781472257420
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 9/12/2023
Category: Historical Fiction
Description: Tender evocative TLS Richly engaging Spectator A Radio 4 Serial Fiction Book of the Week A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next Observer A wonderful novel about relationships particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read beautifully crafted and sensitively written Irish Examiner _______ Laura a laundress meets her young husband when they are both placed in service in Teignmouth in 1914. They have a baby Charles but his father returns home from the trenches a damaged man already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave Laura a widow. As a new war looms Charles signs up for the navy as a coder. His escape from the tight gossipy confines of Launceston to a more colourful life in action sees him blossom as he experiences the possibility of death and the excitement - even terror - of a love that is as clandestine as his work. _______ Stands with the best queer literary fiction of a historical bent illuminated as it is by Gale's devilish wit and talent for both social observation and intricacies of character Sydney Morning Herald A wonderful novel - a touching utterly convincing portrait of the nascent artist Mail on Sunday A deeply moving novel. The portrait of a complex relationship that constricted as much as it sustained is brilliantly done The Tablet
Title: Mother's Boy A Beautifully Crafted Novel Of War Cornwall And The Relationship Between A Mother And Son
Author(s): Gale Patrick
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781472257420
Pages: 416 Pages
Publication Date: 9/12/2023
Category: Historical Fiction