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Synopsis
Bestselling author of Room, Emma Donoghue returns with her new masterpiece, Akin, a brilliant tale of love, loss and family.
Noah is only days away from his first trip back to Nice since he was a child when a social worker calls looking for a temporary home for Michael, his eleven-year-old great-nephew. Though he has never met the boy, he gets talked into taking him along to France.
This odd couple, suffering from jet lag and culture shock, argue about everything from steak haché to screen time, and the trip is looking like a disaster. But as Michael's sharp eye and ease with tech help Noah unearth troubling details about their family’s past, both come to grasp the risks that loved ones take for one another, and find they are more akin than they knew.
Written with all the tenderness and psychological intensity that made Room a huge bestseller, Akin is a funny, heart-wrenching tale of an old man and a young boy who unpick their painful stories and embark on writing a new one together.
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Highly emotional but never sentimental., Vogue
Akin offers a subtle, entertaining portrait of the relationship―and friction―between age and youth., The Economist
An important, touching novel that stays with you long after you’re done reading it., Independent
Poignant and hopeful, the bestselling novelist of Room has delivered another exquisite portrayal of an adult and child making their way in the world., Woman & Home
A highly enjoyable novel’, Daily Mail
Absorbing. I loved the growing relationship between the two. -- Nina Pottell, Prima
Sweet, tender and defiantly unsentimental, this is a sad, funny look at how flawed, fragile people develop a sense of belonging., Psychologies
A delicate and moving reminder of the way in which our human stories are made from practical choices – often in life as well as in literature., Harper's Bazaar
Heartwarming and humourous., Radio Times
A poignant and hopeful tale, Woman Magazine
Book Description
A retired professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes his young great-nephew to the French Riviera in hopes of uncovering long-buried family secrets, in this stunning masterpiece from bestselling author Emma Donoghue.
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2019
- ISBN 10 1529019974
- ISBN 13 9781529019971
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages352
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