Synopsis
Was he thinking, do I have to be this kind of boy to survive? Is this what being a boy is?
As a boy growing up on the south coast of England, Howard Cunnell's sense of self was dominated by his father's absence. Now, years later, he is a father, and his daughter is becoming his son.
Starting with his own childhood...
Details
09 February 2017224 pages
9781509812165Imprint: Picador
Reviews
There is so much aching love in this book, such pain and beauty. Behold, and rejoiceTim Winton, author of Cloudstreet
This book tells the story of how family is made. It tells it frankly, unexpectedly and in such a way that both family and expectations are rewritten and renewed. I couldn't put it down. Bold, brave, beautiful - much more than biology. This is life itself.Jackie Kay, author of Red Dust Road
A miracle of a book: sad, wise, strong and hopeful, its depiction of parenthood will stay with me for a long timeSunjeev Sahota, author of The Year of the Runaways
Fathers and Sons is a beautiful, moving, and marvellously honest book. I relished its resolutely masculine point of view, especially on such a subject, and the tenderness and sensuality with which Cunnell depicts child-rearing.Kate Clanchy, author of Antigona and Me
