What the Family Needed - Softcover

Amsterdam, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846555809 ISBN 13: 9781846555800

Publisher: Harvill Secker, 2012

Synopsis

This is a story about family life. Its ups, its downs and how one family found incredible ways to get through the hard times. It all started with a question:'Okay, tell me which do you want: to be able to fly or to be invisible?' And led to thirty years of discoveries, extraordinary strengths and closely guarded secrets. It turned out to be just what the family needed. A novel with a touch of strange magic and super powers.

About this title

Review:

"A gem of a book...hugely entertaining and also quite moving" (Thomas Quinn Big Issue)

"Enjoyable" (Ben East Observer)

"Wry, deeply moving and literally magical" (Chloe Hooper)

"Amsterdam is consistently playful, witty and light of touch" (Times Literary Supplement)

"A wonderful novel: imaginative, intelligent, empathetic...like a cross between The Corrections and The Slap" (Sydney Morning Herald)

Book Description:

From an acclaimed and prize-winning writer, the mesmerising tale of a family finding itself, as they discover powers they never thought possible.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvill Secker
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1846555809
• ISBN 13: 9781846555800
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288