Woman on the Edge of Time - Hardcover

Gavron, Jeremy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1925106721 ISBN 13: 9781925106725

Publisher: Scribe Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Woman on the Edge of Time

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Review

'Mesmerising ... Meticulous, even-handed and quietly revelatory, [A Woman on the Edge of Time] may be read both as a kind of detective story, the reader's stomach fluttering wildly each time he tracks down another witness, and as a work of social history, a sly skewering of the limitations, whether spoken or unspoken, which were then placed on women.' --Rachel Cooke, The Obsever

'Gavron is too subtle and intelligent to make the mistake of believing that suicide is ever about only one thing. And here, in beautiful, mesmeric prose, he delves deep into the shadow side of his mother's life ... The result is a memoir that is surely going to be regarded as a classic of the genre.' --The Independent

'Jeremy Gavron's quest [in writing A Woman on the Edge of Time] is a double quest: to find out what his mother was like in life and to find out why she killed herself ... The tenacity with which he pursues this goal is extraordinary ... The taboo of silence that shrouded Jeremy's childhood is broken. Those complicit with it aren't arraigned; the tone is patient and compassionate. But Hannah [Gavron] steps out of the shadow, 50 years on, and the great unsaids are finally spoken.' --Blake Morrison, The Guardian

About the Author

Jeremy Gavron is the author of six books, including the novels The Book of Israel, winner of the Encore Award, and An Acre of Barren Ground; and A Woman on the Edge of Time, a memoir about his mother’s suicide. He lives in London, and teaches on the MFA at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scribe Publications
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925106721
• ISBN 13: 9781925106725
• Binding: Hardcover