How's Your Father

What goes on behind closed doors? Hows Your Father tells the story of four generations of one Hackney family on a rollercoaster ride of drugs, violence, sickness, infidelity and the redeeming joys of motherhood.

About the author

Rose Boyt was born in London. As a child she lived on a sailing ship taking cargoes round Scandinavia, and then emigrated to Trinidad, from where the family was repatriated. She has lived in London ever since. Her previous books are Rose and Sexual Intercourse.

Report

Rose's book is a tour de force, a sustained piece of brilliant writing... harrowing, funny, heart-breaking and ultimately, despite its bleakness, a celebration of the human spirit.

Product details

• Authors: Rose Boyt
• Publisher: Short Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.09.2014
• EAN: 9781780721477
• ISBN: 978-1-78072-147-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 218 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / City Life, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary