Paper House, The

Publication Date : 31/5/16
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And then I was pregnant, and we realised we had no space for a baby.
We looked at all kinds of houses: big, new ones with columns and render; little cottages with beaten weatherboard; a yellow brick monstrosity with a paved yard where there should have been grass. But we were drawn to the rolling water. And our heart stayed behind when we left.

Heather and Dave have found the perfect place to raise their first child. The house has character, but it's the garden that really makes it: red-faced impatiens, pockmarked gums, six upright pittosporums to keep the neighbours out. It's a jungle. A hiding place. A refuge.

And then, without warning, that life is over.

Heartbreaking, fearless, and ablaze with a coruscating beauty all its own, The Paper House tells the story of a woman sinking into the depths of grief, and the desperate efforts of her loved ones to bring her up for air. A sharp-eyed, bittersweet depiction of the love between parents and children, and the havoc that love can wreak.

"Gorgeously written and genuinely assured, The Paper House is a moving and viscerally real portrait of family bonds pushed to their limits - and the fragility and resilience at the heart of a struggle with grief, loss and mental illness. Anna Spargo-Ryan is a rising star." -Jo Case, author of Boomer and Me: A memoir of motherhood, and Asperger's

(9781743535202)

SKU 9781743535202
Barcode # 9781743535202
Brand Picador Australia
Artist / Author Anna Spargo-Ryan
Shipping Weight 0.2300kg
Shipping Width 0.020m
Shipping Height 0.234m
Shipping Length 0.154m
Unit Of Measure each
author Anna Spargo-Ryan
Publication Date 31/5/16
Number of pages 304
format Paperback / softback

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