Little Monsters

by Charles Lambert (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $5.41

  How do you recover from something like that? Carol never quite does. Sent to live with her aunt, who barely tolerates her presence, Carol is grief-stricken, and all too aware she's not wanted. Desperate for love, but unable to ask for it, she nonetheless - and almost despite herself - finds it where she least expected. Her Uncle Joey is the only one to notice her when she's a teenager; years later, he's also the man with whom she builds a home and a life. But when Carol helps to rescue a young refugee from the sea, that life suddenly threatens to unravel, just as surely as it did when she was thirteen. Written in tight, spare prose, Little Monsters is a novel of creation, redemption and obsession; it's also the story of what it's like to experience the unthinkable - and what happens next.'Charles Lambert is a seriously good writer' - Beryl Bainbrdge. 'Sharp like sherbert, poignant and gripping' - Griff Rhys Jones. 'With exquisitely tender writing and quiet authority, Little Monsters is a powerful debut' - Jill Dawson .

• Used

  Paperback
  2009

  $3.27

  When I was thirteen, my father killed my mother...How do you recover from something like that? Carol never quite does. Sent to live with her aunt, who barely tolerates her presence, Carol is grief-stricken and desperate for love. Her Uncle Joey is the only one to notice her; years later, he's also the man with whom she builds a home and a life. But when Carol helps to rescue a young refugee from the sea, that life threatens to unravel, just as surely as it did when she was thirteen.'Charles Lambert is a seriously good writer' - Beryl Bainbridge. 'With exquisitely tender writing and quiet authority, Little Monsters is a powerful debut' - Jill Dawson. 'As memorable first lines go, this is right up there with the best of them, and the rest of Charles Lambert's debut novel doesn't fail to live up to that promising beginning...Beautifully written and crafted, and more compelling than many thrillers, Lambert's book puts the reader right in the head of a teenage girl; quite an achievement for a 53-year-old man' - Daily Mail .