The Empty Hearth

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		The Empty Hearth
		The Empty Hearth

基本信息·出版社：Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
·页码：352 页
·出版日期：2007年03月
·ISBN：0752880926
·International Standard Book Number：0752880926/1407222953
·条形码：9780752880921
·EAN：9780752880921/9781407222950
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：空壁炉

内容简介 'Dad loves Mum - loves her to the point of obsession. He's jealous when she shows us any affection.' Set in Battersea in the Fifties and Sixties, the Pratchett family have to contend with coalman Alfie Pratchett's obsessive jealousy. Although Alfie is a bully, his two teenage children, John and Millie, have learned to dodge him and his moods. The main concern of ugly duckling Millie - who looks nothing like her handsome brother John - is to protect their mum, Eileen. When a serious crisis occurs at the Pratchetts' home, Alfie is forced to watch his whole world gradually collapse around him. Their old life has gone forever, and a new one has begun - one in which rape, debt, alcoholism and insanity play their parts. And redemption is a long time coming...Kitty Neale is a storyteller of rare power, unafraid to uncover the dark secrets that lie behind the well-scrubbed doorsteps of family homes.
作者简介 Kitty Neale was brought up in Battersea and now lives in Spain. She started writing after working as a bereavement counsellor which she took up after the death of her son.

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