The Book of Emmett - Softcover
Emmett Brown was a charming young man who quoted poetry and read to his wife and young family from the great novels of the world. But failed efforts to win a fortune at the racetracks turned Emmett into a broken down gambling drunk who terrorized his wife and children. Starting at Emmett's funeral and reflecting back, the two eldest Brown children--Louise and Rob--recount the rise and fall of their family. Each of Emmett's children must address the fallout of Emmett, and each comes to discover that they loved and learnt from their father in both his golden and his dark days.
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"Deborah Forster is a writer in a class of her own . . . [she] has used an angel's phrasebook to make a story that's as beautiful as hope, as real as truth." --Kaz Cooke, author, Kid Wrangling
"Brilliant. A story of such gently savage emotional intensity it stays with you long after you've turned the last page." --Susan Duncan, author, Salvation Creek
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"Brilliant. A story of such gently savage emotional intensity it stays with you long after you've turned the last page." --Susan Duncan, author, Salvation Creek
Deborah Forster is a former journalist.
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- PublisherVintage Australia
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1741667860
- ISBN 13 9781741667868
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages304
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