Description
| Product ID: | 9780330449304 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | When We Were Bad |
| Authors: | Author: Charlotte Mendelson |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, Charlotte Mendelson's When We Were Bad is a darkly comic and beautiful portrayal of a family in crisis <p><b>'As intelligent as it is funny. A beautifully observed literary comedy as well as a painfully accurate description of one big old family mess. A joy' <i>- Observer</i></b><br><br>In North London, Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. Wife, mother, rabbi - and sometimes moral voice of the nation - everyone wants to be with her at her son Leo's glorious wedding. That is until Leo bolts and the gleaming bubble surrounding the Rubins threatens to burst.<br><br>Frances - Claudia's calm, mature, married daughter - tries to hold the nucleus of the family together, but the stress forces her to re-examine her own life, leading her to make a decision as shocking as Leo's.<br>And Claudia's husband, Norman, has an uncharacteristic secret, the imminent unveiling of which he is powerless to stop . . .<br><br><i>When We Were Bad </i>is a spellbinding, witty and poignant portrayal of a family in crisis, in love, and in denial.<br><br><b>'A comedy with the warmest of hearts and the most deliciously subversive of agendas' - <i>Marie Claire</i></b><br><br><b>'Fast-paced and engaging. Brilliant, touching and true' - Naomi Alderman, bestselling author of <i>The Power</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-08-15 |
