{"product_id":"9781472257420-mothers-boy-a-beautifully-crafted-novel-of-war-cornwall-and-the-relationship-between-a-mother-and-son","title":"Mother's Boy A Beautifully Crafted Novel Of War Cornwall And The Relationship Between A Mother And Son","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Mother's Boy A Beautifully Crafted Novel Of War Cornwall And The Relationship Between A Mother And Son\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Gale Patrick\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Headline Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781472257420\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 416 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 9\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Historical Fiction","brand":"Gale Patrick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55960227250481,"sku":"IN-G-9781472257420","price":42.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781472257420-mothers-boy-a-beautifully-crafted-novel-of-war-cornwall-and-the-relationship-between-a-mother-and-son","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}