Incendiary
Chris Cleave
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You aren't stupid.
You know there's no such thing as a perfect mother.
Plenty of other books will tell you there is, but this one won't lie to you.
I was weak and I cheated and I was punished, but my god I loved my child through all of it.
Love means you never break, and it means you're stronger than the things they do to you. I know this is true because I have been through fire, and I am the proof that love survives.
I am not a perfect mother but I will tell you the perfect truth, because this is you and me talking.
This is my story.
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Praise for Incendiary
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Stunning... a haunting work of art. - NewsweekChris Cleave has the ability to create moving and beautiful scenes within a terrifying backdrop. I couldn't put it down; it's subversive, thought-provoking and well-written. - Observer, Books of the YearRichly sardonic and often disarmingly poignant... How can one fail to be impressed and moved? - GuardianCleave's heroine is by turns funny, sad, flawed, sympathetic, both damaged and indomitable, and triumphantly convincing. - Sunday TelegraphStunning - New York Times AND International Herald Tribune AND Bookmarks MagazineThis is a compulsive read, sure to stir the dust - CITY AMSearing.. poignant and compelling.. Utterly believable and mesmerizing - NewsdayDark, tense and undeniably provocative - Metro
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