Published by Harvill Secker, part of Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback
£12.99
Author:
Steven Amsterdam
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9781846555800
£12.99
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EAN: 9781846555800
Published: 23 Aug 2012
This is a story about family life. Its ups, its downs and how one family found incredible ways to get through the hard times.
It all started with a question:
'Okay, tell me which do you want: to be able to fly or to be invisible?'
And led to thirty years of discoveries, extraordinary strengths and closely guarded secrets. It turned out to be just what the family needed.
A novel with a touch of strange magic and super powers.
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A gem of a book…hugely entertaining and also quite moving
- Big Issue
Enjoyable
- Observer
Wry, deeply moving and literally magical
- Chloe Hooper
Amsterdam is consistently playful, witty and light of touch
- Times Literary Supplement
A wonderful novel: imaginative, intelligent, empathetic...like a cross between The Corrections and The Slap
- Sydney Morning Herald
Brilliant, unexpected, wide-ranging and deeply moving, the story of one family's extraordinary - and sometimes otherworldly - negotiation of the very real hazards of life
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Every now and then, a novel arrives that conveys not only wisdom and understanding but also offers a dose of magic...a remarkable story, full of imagination and fun
- Courier Mail
A lovely book, one that manages to surprise, and that seduces you into believing absolutely in this magical world
- Canberra Times
Steven Amsterdam was born in New York and has worked as a map editor, producer's assistant, and a pastry chef. He has lived in Melbourne, Australia since 2003, where he works as a writer and palliative care nurse. His debut novel, Things We Didn't See Coming, won The Age Book of the Year in Australia and was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award.
