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Overview’The most gripping account of motherhood since Rachel Cusk’s A Life’s Work’ Independent A single mother wakes to blood in her mouth and flesh under her fingernails. A severed toe on the doorstep. A boy missing. But her child needs to get to school. There’s a food shop to be done. Parents evenings, play dates and pasta for tea. Raising her child alone, she’s done all she can to protect them. But what if she’s the thing they need protecting from the most? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kate HardiePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.10cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.300kg ISBN: 9780008559267ISBN 10: 0008559260 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 06 July 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviews‘Punches you in the guts with beauty, pain and brevity, and pulls you along with the compulsion of a thriller. Lean, exquisite prose that shoots a dart to the heart. It’s about what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman, trying to grapple with her sanity, as she unravels and makes sense of her present by reaching back into her past. I adored it.’ Abi Morgan Author InformationBorn in 1968 in London, Kate Hardie left school aged 14 to begin a career as an actress and went on to work with many of Britain's most creative filmmakers. Aged 38, she attended the National Film and Television School to train as a screen writer. She has since written and directed films for Channel Four, The BFI and Sky, and is due to direct her feature script Starting the End in early 2023. She has also taught screen writing and directing, lectured and advised on representation and diversity within the film industry, and written essays and articles for the Guardian and Dazed. This Is Where We Live is her debut novel. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |