Mother Land - Paul Theroux

To those in her Cape Cod town, Mother is an exemplar of piety, frugality, and hard work. To her husband and seven children, she is a selfish, petty tyrant. She excels at playing her offspring against each other. Her favourite, Angela, died in childbirth; only Angela really understands her, she tells the others. The others include the officious lawyer, Fred; the uproarious professor, Floyd; a pair of inseparable sisters whose devotion to Mother has consumed their lives; and JP, the narrator, a successful writer whose work she disparages. As she lives well past the age of 100, her brood struggles with and among themselves to shed her vicelike hold on them. Mother Land is a piercing portrait of how a parent's narcissism impacts a family

ISBN: 9780241293539

Pages: 509

Trade paperback

Hamish Hamilton, 2017

Very good condition

B26