Thomas Bradshaw and Tonie Swann are experiencing the classic symptoms of marriage in its middle years: comfortable house, happy-enough daughter and an eerie sense that life might be happening elsewhere. Then Tonie accepts a big promotion at work and Thomas agrees to become a stay-at-home dad. While Thomas is suddenly faced with the daily silence of an empty house, Tonie finds herself alive to previously unimagined possibilities. And at the head of the family, the ageing Bradshaw parents continue their marital dynamic of bickering and petty undermining.

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ISBN13: 9780571351657
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 256
Edition: Main
Publication Date: 05 Nov 2019
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 198(H)x130(L)x14(W)205
Weight (gm): 205

Author Biography

Rachel Cusk is the author of ten novels and three works of non-fiction, which have won and been shortlisted for numerous prizes. In 2015, Cusk's version of Medea was staged at the Almeida Theatre.

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