Hope for Newborns

Hope for Newborns

by RodgeGlass (Author)

Synopsis

Twenty-nine-year-old Lewis' family are the definition of dysfunctional: his brothers, living estranged and unknown lives in Texas and Toronto, his mother, confined in her self-imposed silent state in a room full of fish and amphibians and his father, at work in the Victory Barber Shop where customers are surrounded by souvenirs of wartime Europe. And Lewis, caught between working at a recruitment agency, helping his father out in the barbers and keeping his mother in touch with world news. But when he receives an email out of the blue from Christy, an old school friend, he is intrigued by her society for Hope for Newborns. Compared with the murkiness of home, the promises of her manifesto - freedom through friendship and love through sacrifice - appear so luminous, and the chance of romance so tangible.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 05 Jun 2008

ISBN 10: 0571238211
ISBN 13: 9780571238217
Book Overview: Hope for Newborns by Rodge Glass is a quirky, multi-layered novel about a dysfunctional family that confirms Glass as an author of great literary promise.

Author Bio
Rodge Glass's first novel No Fireworks was shortlisted for the Glen Dimplex Award, the Authors' Club award and longlisted for the inaugural Dylan Thomas award. He lives in Glasgow and is working on a biography of Alasdair Gray (Bloomsbury).