by
Jem Lester
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
In the “literary territory of Tony Parsons and Nick Hornby? (Guardian) Shtum is drawn from Jem Lester’s experience of raising an autistic child. In this darkly funny and emotive debut, Ben Jewell has hit a breaking point. His profoundly autistic ten-year-old son, Jonah, has never spoken, and Ben...