When Katharine is found dead at the foot of her stairs, it is the mystery of her life which consumes daughter, Laura.The medical examiner's report, in which precious parts of Katharine's body are weighed and categorised, motivates Laura to write her own version of events. To bear witness to the unbearable blank space between each itemised entry.What emerges is a picture of life lived in the shadows, as well as an attempt to discover how and why her mother died. To make sense of her own grief Laura must piece her mother's body back together and in doing so, she is forced to confront a woman silenced by her own mother and wronged by her husband. A woman who felt shackled by motherhood and unable to love freely.
| ISBN: | 9781474606356 |
| Publication date: | 10th July 2018 |
| Author: | Elisa Lodato |
| Publisher: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion Publishing Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 271 pages |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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When Katharine is found dead at the foot of her stairs, it is the mystery of her life which consumes daughter, Laura.The medical examiner's report, in which precious parts of Katharine's body are weighed and categorised, motivates Laura to write her own version of events. To bear witness to the unbearable blank space between each itemised entry.What emerges is a picture of life lived in the shadows, as well as an attempt to discover how and why her mother died. To make sense of her own grief Laura must piece her mother's body back together and in doing so, she is forced to confront a woman silenced by her own mother and wronged by her husband. A woman who felt shackled by motherhood and unable to love freely.
An Unremarkable Body features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Debut Books of the Month, Family Drama, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
An Unremarkable Body is available in Paperback, Hardback
An Unremarkable Body was written by Elisa Lodato and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson an imprint of Orion Publishing Co
An Unremarkable Body has 271 pages
£8.09
