Will This House Last Forever? - 'Heartbreaking, beautifully written' The Times

For readers of GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, Deborah Levy or Olivia Laing, a heartfelt and beautifully written memoir about the experience of losing a father who put poetry before family every time

About the author

Xanthi Barker was born in London where she still lives. Her fiction has been published in various magazines and anthologies and shortlisted for the Fish Prize. In 2017 she won the Short Story Prize and in 2019 her novelette One Thing was published by Open Pen.

Summary

For readers of GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, Deborah Levy or Olivia Laing, a heartfelt and beautifully written memoir about the experience of losing a father who put poetry before family every time

Foreword

For readers of GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS, Deborah Levy or Olivia Laing, a heartfelt and beautifully written memoir about the experience of losing a father who put poetry before family every time

Additional text

An extraordinary book, searingly personal, and unflinching in the way it deals with tricky emotional terrain.... Truly one to treasure

Product details

• Authors: Xanthi Barker, Barker Xanthi, XANTHI BARKER
• Publisher: Tinder Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781472274489
• ISBN: 978-1-4722-7448-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; SELF-HELP / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement, Coping with death & bereavement, Coping with death and bereavement