INFO BAR
‘There’s no better writer at chronicling the highs and lows of familial love’ Los Angeles Times ‘Haslett’s best novel . . . he achieves new levels of moral depth and narrative push’ The New York Times Book Review
‘A rising American superstar . . . Mothers and Sons packs a powerful punch which will secure Haslett’s reputation’ Big Issue
‘An epic family saga that packs an extraordinary emotional punch . . . this book is his best yet’ Observer Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated, spending his days immersed in the struggles of immigrants only to return to an empty apartment and occasional detached hook-ups. But when the asylum case of a young gay man pierces Peter’s numbness, the catastrophic event that he has avoided facing for twenty years returns to haunt him. Ann, his mother, who runs a women’s retreat she founded after leaving his father, is hurt by her estrangement from Peter but cherishes the world she has built. She long ago put behind her the decision that divided her from her son. But as Peter’s case plunges him further into the fraught memory of his first love and the night of violence that changed his life, he and his mother must confront the secret that tore them apart.
PENGUIN Fiction Cover art: Guim Tió, Down There (2022) © Guim Tió £00.00
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Adam Mothers and Sons Haslett
‘Subtle, symphonic and satisfying’ Financial Times
Adam Haslett
Designer
-JST
Prod Controller
-MSP
Format
B PB
Size Spine Width
129 x 198 mm 20.5 mm
DEADLINES
Mothers and
Files To Print
-21/11
Pub Month
- 29/01
M AT E R I A L S Paper Finish
- MATT LAM
Special Colours
- NO
Inside Cov Print
- NO
F I N I S H P L AT E S Files included in folder: CMYK, emb
‘Incandescently smart and elegant . . . This is a story that feels as deep and real as life itself’ Guardian
Sons
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