In My Father's House: Elegy for an Obsessive Love - Softcover

Seymour, Miranda

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9781416502722: In My Father's House: Elegy for an Obsessive Love

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ISBN 10: 1416502726 ISBN 13: 9781416502722

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2008

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Review:

'An extraordinary book . . . Consistently fascinating and
occasionally horrifying' -- Anthony Quinn, Observer

'Beautifully written and expertly structured . . . Perceptive,
passionate and entirely real' -- Selina Hastings, Sunday Telegraph

'Compulsive . . . Finely observed, meticulously written . . .
Powerfully poignant' -- Kate Colquhoun, Daily Telegraph

'Extremely well-told . . . An author at the height of her
descriptive powers' -- Charles Spencer, Guardian

'Fascinating . . . Charming and candid' -- Mail on Sunday

'I couldn't put her book down and had to read it all in one
sitting'
-- Peter Stanford, Independent on Sunday

'Never anything other than compelling . . . Extremely well crafted
and holds the reader's attention throughout' -- Liza Campbell, Literary Review

'Outstanding . . . Very funny and very sad . . . A heavy-hearted
but light-handed reflection on love, memory and truth' -- Minette Marrin, Sunday Times

'Rich and entertaining . . . The detail is thrilling' -- Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler

Synopsis:

'Dear Thrumpton, how I miss you tonight,' wrote George Seymour in 1944, when he was aged twenty-one. But the object of his affection was not a young woman, but a house -- ownership of which was then a distant dream. But he did eventually acquire Thrumpton, a beautiful country house in Nottinghamshire, and it was in this idyllic home that Miranda Seymour grew up. But her upbringing was far from idyllic, as life revolved around her father's capriciousness. The House took priority, and everything else was secondary, even his wife. Until, that is, the day late on in his life when George Seymour took to riding powerful motorbikes around the countryside clad in black leather in the company of a young male friend. Had he taken leave of his senses? Or finally found them? And how did this sea-change affect his wife and daughter? Both biography and family memoir, IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE is a riveting and ultimately shocking portrait of desire both overt and suppressed, and the devastating consequences of misplaced love.

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