
Mother's Milk
by Edward St Aubyn
Title:
Mother's Milk
Author:
Edward St Aubyn
Series (if any):
Picador Collection
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
288 pages
Publisher:
Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL
ISBN-13:
9781035063765
EAN:
9781035063765
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
322
Dimensions (mm):
129 x 198 x 19
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
lt;p>Shortlisted for the Booker PrizeWinner of the South Bank Literature Award‘So good – so fantastically well-written, profound and humane . . . it is heart-stopping’ - ObserverThe once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught up in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide, Patrick finds his wife Mary consumed by motherhood, his mother in thrall to a New Age foundation, and his young son Robert understanding far more than he should. But even as the family struggles against the pull of its ever-present past, a new generation brings a new tenderness, and the possibility of change.‘Wonderful caustic wit . . . Polished yet profound, it’s even better than his previous work, and that’s saying something’ - The Guardian ‘Mother’s Milk has the cerebral excitement and piercing funniness of St Aubyn at his brilliant best’ - TatlerPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

























