A Family Matter (Signed first edition)

Claire Lynch

ISBN 10: 1784745839 / ISBN 13: 9781784745837

Published by Vintage Publishing, London, GB, 2025

About this Item

Signed first edition (First edition, first printing, signed by the author) No one need know about her mother's deviationA mother following her heartA father with the law on his sideA child caught in the middle'I'll be thinking about it forever' Barbara Kingsolver 'Powerful .smart and often heartbreaking' Guardian‘A brilliant book… Full of heart, sympathy and sadness’ Sara Pascoe'I was caught up from the first page' Clare Chambers'I am in awe. a must read' Jennie Godfrey‘Beautifully written’ Good Housekeeping, Book of the MonthIt’s 2022, and Heron, an old man of quiet habits, has just had the sort of visit to the doctor that turns a life upside down. Sharing the diagnosis with Maggie, his only daughter, seems impossible. Heron just can’t find the words to tell her about it, or any of the other things he’s been protecting her from for so long.It’s 1982, and Dawn is a young wife and mother penned in by the expectations of her time and place. Then Hazel comes into her life like a torch in the dark. It’s the kind of connection that’s impossible to resist, and suddenly Dawn’s world is more joyful, and more complicated, than she ever expected. But Dawn has responsibilities, she has commitments: Dawn has Maggie.At once heart-breaking and hopeful, A Family Matter asks how we might heal from the wounds of the past, and what we might learn from them.'A beautiful and tender exploration of parental love, prejudice and the things we carry' RACHEL JOYCEGoodreads Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2025***READERS ARE IN LOVE WITH A FAMILY MATTER***'I would rate this 10 stars if I could''Utterly brilliant, I was captivated from page one''This book had my whole heart and more''A beautiful, heartbreaking, important book'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Family Matter (Signed first edition)
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing, London, GB
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784745839
• ISBN 13: 9781784745837
• Binding: hard
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

No one need know about her mother's deviationA mother following her heartA father with the law on his sideA child caught in the middle'I'll be thinking about it forever' Barbara Kingsolver 'Powerful ...smart and often heartbreaking' Guardian‘A brilliant book… Full of heart, sympathy and sadness’ Sara Pascoe'I was caught up from the first page' Clare Chambers'I am in awe... a must read' Jennie Godfrey‘Beautifully written’ Good Housekeeping, Book of the MonthIt’s 2022, and Heron, an old man of quiet habits, has just had the sort of visit to the doctor that turns a life upside down. Sharing the diagnosis with Maggie, his only daughter, seems impossible. Heron just can’t find the words to tell her about it, or any of the other things he’s been protecting her from for so long. It’s 1982, and Dawn is a young wife and mother penned in by the expectations of her time and place. Then Hazel comes into her life like a torch in the dark. It’s the kind of connection that’s impossible to resist, and suddenly Dawn’s world is more joyful, and more complicated, than she ever expected. But Dawn has responsibilities, she has commitments: Dawn has Maggie. At once heart-breaking and hopeful, A Family Matter asks how we might heal from the wounds of the past, and what we might learn from them. 'A beautiful and tender exploration of parental love, prejudice and the things we carry' RACHEL JOYCEGoodreads Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2025***READERS ARE IN LOVE WITH A FAMILY MATTER***'I would rate this 10 stars if I could''Utterly brilliant, I was captivated from page one''This book had my whole heart and more''A beautiful, heartbreaking, important book'