The Homemade God

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Critically acclaimed story about sibling relationships - what holds a family together and what might fracture it forever. A successful gear change from this bestselling author, set against the wild backdrop of an intense heatwave in Europe. Family is everything, even when it falls apart. Discover the escapist new Sunday Times bestselling novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of Miss Benson's Beetle and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. 'The perfect holiday read.'-The Times 'A must-read.' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry 'I didn't think it was possible to love Rachel Joyce's writing more, then I read The Homemade God...gorgeous.' - Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things 'Rachel Joyce is a masterful storyteller.' - Sarah Winman, bestselling author of Still Life --------------------- There is a heatwave across Europe. Goose and his three sisters gather at the family's house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their father, a famous artist, has recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece. Now he is dead and there is no sign of a painting. Although the siblings have always been close, as they search for answers over that summer, the things they learn - about themselves, their father and their new stepmother - will drive them apart before they can come to any kind of understanding of what their father's legacy truly is. Extraordinarily compelling, at heart this is a no

• Binding: Hardcover

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