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This is the story of three people: Julia Blackburn, her father Thomas and her mother Rosalie. Thomas was a poet and an alcoholic, who for many years was addicted to barbiturates, which would often make him violent. Rosalie, a painter, was sociable and flirtatious; she treated Julia as her sister, her confidante, and eventually as her deadly sexual rival. For after her parents were divorced, Julia's mother took in lodgers, always men, on the understanding that each should become her lover. When one of the lodgers started an affair with Julia, Rosalie was devastated; when he later committed suicide the relationship between mother and daughter was shattered irrevocably.

Or so it seemed until the spring of 1999, when Rosalie, diagnosed with leukaemia, came to live with Julia for the last month of her life. At last the spell was broken, and they were able to talk with an ease they had never known before. When she was very near the end, Rosalie said to Julia, 'Now you will be able to write about me, won't you?'

The Three of Us is a memoir like no other you have read. The writing is magical, and the story is extraordinary not only for its honesty but also for its humour and its lack of blame. Ultimately, this is a tale of redemption, a love story. It will surely become one of the classics of the genre.

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'A book that engrosses and horrifies in equal measure... Blackburn's writing transcends the frightening idiosyncrasies of her upbringing' -- Observer

'An exceptionally perceptive and fascinating book, a tribute by a remarkable daughter to the resistance of filial love' -- Sunday Telegraph

'Extracts from her journal and faxes offset the main narrative...It's a structure that works wonderfully well!' -- Guardian

'She tells [the story] with real skill, honesty, and sensitivity' -- The Literary Review, reviewed by Diana Athill

'Told with unflinching honesty, this is a remarkable story about life, love and betrayal.'
-- Psychologies

'[Blackburn] somehow manages to make terrible events seem almost funny...the resulting memoir is mesmerising and brilliant' -- Daily Mail

`As a literary memoir of a lost childhood , it is remarkable as much for its candour as its craftsmanship' -- Sunday Times Culture

`Blackburn was never afraid of her father... he is described even at his blackest moments with affection and warmth'
-- The Guardian

`Brilliant, but not for the maiden aunt'
-- Sunday Times

`a work of art in itself: a careful weaving in and out of personal memories and present pain... remarkable' -- The Herald
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'This memoir [has] a warmth and love it's hard to imagine could have been possible... a work of art in itself: a careful weaving in and out of personal memories and present pain to create something remarkable' - Herald

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  • PublisherJonathan Cape
  • Publication date2008
  • ISBN 10 0224080601
  • ISBN 13 9780224080606
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages320
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