Synopsis
Akin is a tender tale of love, loss and family, from Emma Donoghue, the international bestselling author of Room.
'If Room forced home truths on us, about parenthood, responsibility and love, Akin deals with similar subject matter more subtly, but in the end just as compellingly' - Guardian
A retired New York professor’s life is thrown into chaos when he takes his...
Details
23 July 2020352 pages
9781529019988Imprint: Picador
Reviews
An important, touching novel that stays with you long after you’re done reading itIndependent
Highly emotional but never sentimentalVogue
If Room forced home truths on us, about parenthood, responsibility and love, Akin deals with similar subject matter more subtly, but in the end just as compellingly . . . This is a quietly moving novel that shows us how little we know one another, but how little, perhaps, we need to know in order to careGuardian
Akin offers a subtle, entertaining portrait of the relationship — and friction — between age and youthThe Economist
