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by Rachel Joyce
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Book Overview

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes "a poignant, searing tale" (O: The Oprah Magazine) about a young boy who is thrown into the murky, difficult realities of the adult world.

"A powerful book, rich with empathy and charged with beautiful, atmospheric writing."--Tana French

A nice house in a tony neighborhood. A hardworking husband. A private school for the children. From the outside, Diana has a perfect life. But her sensitive and observant young son notices that the other kids' mothers are not like his own. They dress differently. Byron's father prefers that his wife dress formally, in slim skirts and pointy heels. He gives Diana a Jaguar so neighbors will sit up and take notice. And they do.

Then, one morning, during a shortcut to school through a poor neighborhood, something happens that Byron cannot shake and his mother refuses to acknowledge. Until she has no choice. In the weeks that follow, the façade of a happy family shows signs of distress. Diana makes a questionable friend, and an increasingly tense dance begins--between guilt and resentment, envy and regret--all leading to a tragedy and a shattering revelation.
ISBN9780812983463
Author Rachel Joyce
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedJanuary 2018
LanguageENG- English
Pages416
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Rachel Joyce

Rachel Joyce is the author of the New York Times and international bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, The Music Shop, Miss Benson's Beetle, and Maureen, as well as the collection, A Snow Garden & Other Stories. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize and longlisted for the Booker Prize, and the critically acclaimed film, for which she also wrote the screenplay, was released in 2023. She was awarded the Specsavers New Writer of the Year National Book Award in December 2012 and was shortlisted for the UK Author of the Year in 2014. Miss Benson's Beetle won the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2021 and in 2024 Rachel was awarded an honorary doctorate by Kingston University. She lives with her family in Gloucestershire, England.

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