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Stealing Dad
Sofka Zinovieff
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'Funny, sad and beautifully written' Telegraph'I was completely absorbed from the beginning' Mary Portas'A brilliant depiction of a complex sprawling family with a charismatic lovable rogue at its centre. It is both tragic and funny, but ultimately heartwarming' Lily Dunn
What do you do when you're not allowed to attend your father's funeral?
This is the question facing Alekos's far-flung children from many marriages when the successful, if controversial, Greek sculptor dies in London. His last wife and now widow is determined that they stay away, but for the first time, all the sisters and brothers meet up and plan to take matters into their own hands.
Wonderfully written and sharply funny, Stealing Dad tells the unlikely story of a dysfunctional family coming together in tragic yet hilarious ways, from acclaimed author of Putney, Sofka Zinovieff.
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A glorious read - Juliet StevensonMoving, funny and unexpectedly joyful, I became immersed in the tangled skeins of this unwieldy family coming to terms with their loss - Esther FreudFunny, sad and beautifully written. It will make you appreciate your own family, and wish, perhaps, that you too had an assortment of semi siblings with whom you could take some magic mushrooms, filch a corpse and go on an adventure... A first-class novel starring a dysfunctional family like no other - TelegraphPart grief-memoir and part macabre escapade... the writing is fresh [and] sensuous... the author weaves in some valuable ideas [such as] how selfish parenting can pass on 'destructive impulses' - SpectatorStealing Dad promises to be a rollercoaster of a tragicomedy - A.E. StallingsA thrilling and very rewarding read - Irish Times
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