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While researching the story of a child from Regency England who painted an exquisite album of watercolors, novelist Julie Myerson is haunted by lost potential. Mary Yelloly, the young artist, died at twenty-two. Myerson is also reminded of her own child. Only days earlier, she and her husband locked their eldest son out of the house. He had discovered drugs, and it had taken only a few months for the once happy boy to propel his family into chaos. Julie tells his story with devastating candor, struggling to accept that she is powerless to bring her son back. While these two young lives—one cut short, one derailed—may be separated by centuries, they raise the same questions: What happens when a child disappears from a family? And how is a parent to cope when love is not enough?
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Review:
If the question is whether a woman has a right to tell a story that is also, actually, her own - a book reviewer can only say yes. And add that anyone who reads it will struggle not to be profoundly moved.
Book Description:
`Her writing is never less than compelling with its lopped lyricism, like someone who has to keep catching their breath ... The book not only has three strands, it has three audiences: Myerson, her son and anyone who has suffered anything comparable'
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- PublisherBloomsbury Pub Plc USA
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1608192288
- ISBN 13 9781608192281
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages326
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