{"product_id":"flesh-wounds","title":"Richard Glover: Flesh Wounds [2020] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA deluded mother who invented her past, an alcoholic father who couldn't deal with the present, a son who wondered if this could really be his family.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Glover's favourite dinner party game is called 'Who's Got the Weirdest Parents?'. It's a game he always thinks he'll win. There was his mother, a deluded snob, who made up large swathes of her past and who ran away with Richard's English teacher, a Tolkien devotee, nudist and stuffed-toy collector. There was his father, a distant alcoholic, who ran through a gamut of wives, yachts and failed dreams. And there was Richard himself, a confused teenager, vulnerable to strange men, trying to find a family he could belong to. As he eventually accepted, the only way to make sense of the present was to go back to the past - but beware of what you might find there. Truth can leave wounds - even if they are only flesh wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart poignant family memoir, part hopeful search for the truth, this is a book for anyone who's wondered if their family is the oddest one on the planet. The answer: 'No'. There is always something stranger out there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR FLESH WOUNDS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Both \u003cstrong\u003epoignant \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003ewildly entertaining\u003c\/strong\u003e' - \u003cem\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e'A new classic ... a \u003cstrong\u003ebreathtaking \u003c\/strong\u003eaccomplishment in style and empathy' - \u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eHeartbreaking \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003ehilarious \u003c\/strong\u003e... I couldn't put it down' - \u003cem\u003eSun Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Engrossing and \u003cstrong\u003eextremely funny\u003c\/strong\u003e'- \u003cem\u003eThe Saturday Paper\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Not since \u003cem\u003eUnreliable Memoirs\u003c\/em\u003e by Clive James has there been a funnier, more poignant portrait of an Australian childhood.' - \u003cem\u003eAustralian Financial Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Sad, funny, revealing, optimistic and hopeful' - Jeanette Winterson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glover, Richard","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":47032704172371,"sku":"XG80733340994","price":1.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"New","offer_id":48001785069907,"sku":"9780733340994","price":14.27,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/glover-richard-richard-glover-flesh-wounds-2020-paperback-1141450227.jpg?v=1740697678","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/flesh-wounds","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}