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Did You Ever Have a Family

by Bill Clegg
Did You Ever Have a Family
Did You Ever Have a Family

Grief's mosaic; secrets unveiled, humanity exposed.

If you're drawn to stories that weave complex emotional tapestries, "Did You Ever Have A Family" could resonate deeply with you. Bill Clegg artfully portrays the aftermath of tragedy with a multitude of voices, each revealing a piece of the larger puzzle. It's a poignant exploration of grief, but also of the human capacity for forgiveness and the enduring quest for meaning amidst loss. The way the novel excavates the concept of family, both given and chosen, might just change the way you think about the ties that bind us.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2015)
  • National Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2015)
  • PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Nominee for Longlist (2016)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2015)
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Did You Ever Have a Family

by Bill Clegg
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ISBN: 9781784701055
Authors: Bill Clegg
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2016-09-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Drama, Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.79
(rated by 27773 readers)

Description

This book of dark secrets opens with a blaze. On the morning of her daughter’s wedding, June Reid’s house goes up in flames, destroying her entire family – her present, her past and her future. Fleeing from the carnage, stricken and alone, June finds herself in a motel room by the ocean, hundreds of miles from her Connecticut home, held captive by memories and the mistakes she has made with her only child, Lolly, and her partner, Luke. In the turbulence of grief and gossip left in June’s wake we slowly make sense of the unimaginable. The novel is a gathering of voices, and each testimony has a new revelation about what led to the catastrophe – Luke’s alienated mother Lydia, the watchful motel owners, their cleaner Cissy, the teenage pothead who lives nearby – everyone touched by the tragedy finds themselves caught in the undertow, as their secret histories finally come to light. Lit by the clarity of understanding that true sadness brings, Did You Ever Have a Family is an elegant, unforgettable story that reveals humanity at its worst and best, through loss and love, fracture and forgiveness. At the book’s heart is the idea of family – the ones we are born with and the ones we create – and the desire, in the face of everything, to go on living.
 

Grief's mosaic; secrets unveiled, humanity exposed.

If you're drawn to stories that weave complex emotional tapestries, "Did You Ever Have A Family" could resonate deeply with you. Bill Clegg artfully portrays the aftermath of tragedy with a multitude of voices, each revealing a piece of the larger puzzle. It's a poignant exploration of grief, but also of the human capacity for forgiveness and the enduring quest for meaning amidst loss. The way the novel excavates the concept of family, both given and chosen, might just change the way you think about the ties that bind us.

  • Booker Prize Nominee for Longlist (2015)
  • National Book Award Nominee for Fiction (2015)
  • PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Nominee for Longlist (2016)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2016)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.