"Pushing boundaries as it explores the meaning of long term friendships and family, this deeply thought-provoking novel has been chosen as a LoveReading Star Book."
Emotionally astute and beautifully crafted, Among Friends delivers an unforgettable reading experience. In one weekend a thirty year old friendship is smashed to pieces. Debut author Hal Ebbott writes with a masterly pen. He slices open fear and uncertainty and grief, creating questions and provoking thoughts and feelings.
Concentrating on six characters, there is an incredible intimacy on offer as trust is broken resulting in fractured relationships. The story caused a physical ache to take up residence within me. Layers upon layers are carefully constructed before being knocked down. I flinched and felt uncertainty as I was caught up with the raw feelings that were exposed.
Despite the pain, I just couldn’t stop reading. I really wasn’t sure where the story was going to take me, and I lived on the edge of cliff throughout. I just had to include this as a Liz Pick of the Month and LoveReading Star Book. Devastatingly clever and powerful, Among Friends is highly recommended by the LoveReading team.
'A hard diamond of a novel . . . I have not stopped thinking of it since' - Coco Mellors'Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut' - Miranda Cowley Heller'Packs a huge emotional punch. I couldn't put it down' - Daily Mail'A living thing . . . A huge achievement' - Financial TimesPerfect lives hide terrible secretsHaving emerged from a childhood of poverty and neglect, Amos now has a life that others envy: a brilliant wife, a golden daughter, and a friendship that has anchored him for thirty years. All of that is set to change. In the course of one fateful weekend in a beautiful house upstate, Amos's life will be undone by a shocking act of violence.In its aftermath, Amos must ask: when your world collapses, what - and who - will you sacrifice to survive?'Bracingly honest and affectingly intimate . . . Upends its characters' lives so ruthlessly and revealingly that it is hard not to take pleasure in a false facade being finally smashed' - The Guardian'Masterly' - John Banville
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'A hard diamond of a novel . . . I have not stopped thinking of it since' - Coco Mellors'Every sentence keeps you hanging in the air, waiting for the next punch to the gut' - Miranda Cowley Heller'Packs a huge emotional punch.
Among Friends features in the following genres: Book Club Recommendations, Liz Robinson's Picks of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, Family Drama, Literary Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Social issues, Family Drama, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Paperback, Hardback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
Among Friends was written by Hal Ebbott and published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Among Friends has 309 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.
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