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May 2013 eBook of the Month.
Once again Shriver takes on a contentious topic head-on. In the case of Big Brother it is the effects on a family of a morbidly obese ‘big brother'. Rich with Shriver's distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother is about fat: why we overeat and whether extreme diets ever really work. It asks just how much sacrifice we'll make to save single members of our families, and whether it's ever possible to save loved ones from themselves.
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Big Brother Synopsis
A NEW EDITION WITH EXTRA MATERIAL FROM THE AUTHOR
'So moving it will make you want to gasp or cry' Sunday Times
'Glorious, fearless… possibly her very best' Observer
'Pandora is a masterly creation' New York Times
Pandora has looked up to her older brother Edison since they were children. Now she revels in the anonymity of her suburban Iowa life, while her brother basks in the limelight as a New York jazz musician. But when Edison arrives in Iowa, suddenly in need of a place to stay, Pandora literally doesn't recognize him. The once slim, hip pianist has gained hundreds of pounds. What happened?
With Shriver's distinctive wit and ferocious energy, Big Brother asks: just how much should you sacrifice for someone who refuses to be saved?
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'A surprising sledgehammer of a novel' The Times
'Shriver is brilliant on the novel shock that is hunger… glorious, fearless, almost fanatically hard-working prose' Guardian
?'Lionel Shriver's Big Brother has the muscle to overpower its readers. It is a conversation piece of impressive heft' New York Times
'Shriver is wonderful at the things she is always wonderful at. Pace and plot… . Psychology' Independent
'The latest compelling, humane and bleakly comic novel from the author of We Need to Talk about Kevin' Evening Standard
'Her best work… presents characters so fully formed that they inhabit her ideas rather than trumpet them' New Republic
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9780008696528 |
| Publication date: |
6th June 2024 |
| Author: |
Lionel Shriver |
| Publisher: |
The Borough Press an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
373 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Family Drama
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