The Book Of Emmett

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Author: Deborah Forster ISBN: 9781742740966
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia Publication: July 1, 2010
Imprint: Random House Australia Language: English
Author: Deborah Forster
ISBN: 9781742740966
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Publication: July 1, 2010
Imprint: Random House Australia
Language: English

Shortlisted for the 2010 Miles Franklin Award and the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award, the Age Fiction Book of the Year. Winner of the Dobbie Prize.

A stunning first novel from a Melbourne author. The story of the Brown family will wrench at your heart and make you hug those you love ever tighter.

Emmett Brown is as dark as Heathcliff, and as unpredictable. Sometimes he's an inspiration, but not often. He's a man of booze and obsessions: one of them is his 'System', an attempt to bend the laws of probability. But when the lottery numbers and horses fail him, so do love and reason, and he becomes an ogre to his wife and children. For the innocents - Louisa, Rob, Peter, Daniel and Jessie - the bonds formed hiding in hedges at the end of the street, waiting for the maelstroms to pass, are complex and unbreakable. Over the years, the consequences of Emmett's rages shape both their spirits and psyches, but as he lies dying they discover that love - however imperfect - is the best defence against pain.

The Book of Emmett is a novel about hope and love and surviving.

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Shortlisted for the 2010 Miles Franklin Award and the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award, the Age Fiction Book of the Year. Winner of the Dobbie Prize.

A stunning first novel from a Melbourne author. The story of the Brown family will wrench at your heart and make you hug those you love ever tighter.

Emmett Brown is as dark as Heathcliff, and as unpredictable. Sometimes he's an inspiration, but not often. He's a man of booze and obsessions: one of them is his 'System', an attempt to bend the laws of probability. But when the lottery numbers and horses fail him, so do love and reason, and he becomes an ogre to his wife and children. For the innocents - Louisa, Rob, Peter, Daniel and Jessie - the bonds formed hiding in hedges at the end of the street, waiting for the maelstroms to pass, are complex and unbreakable. Over the years, the consequences of Emmett's rages shape both their spirits and psyches, but as he lies dying they discover that love - however imperfect - is the best defence against pain.

The Book of Emmett is a novel about hope and love and surviving.

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