Man at the Helm, Paperback
Descriere
A New York Times Notable Book of 2015 From the writer of the hugely acclaimed Love, Nina comes a sharply funny debut novel about a gloriously eccentric family. Soon after her parents' separation, nine-year-old Lizzie Vogel moves with her siblings and newly single mother to a tiny village in the English countryside, where the new neighbors are horrified by their unorthodox ways and fatherless household. Lizzie's theatrical mother only invites more gossip by spending her days drinking whiskey, popping pills, and writing plays. The one way to fit in, the children decide, will be to find themselves a new man at the helm. The first novel from a remarkably gifted writer with a voice all her own, MAN AT THE HELM is a hilarious and occasionally heart-breaking portrait of childhood in an unconventional family.
Despre autor
Nina Stibbe este o scriitoare britanică, născută în Willoughby Waterleys și crescută în Fleckney, Leicestershire. A lucrat ca babă în casa lui Mary-Kay Wilmers, editoare a London Review of Books. Scrisorile sale trimise acasă surorii sale au devenit prima sa carte, „Love, Nina: Despatches from Family Life”, care a fost adaptată în serialul de televiziune BBC din 2016, „Love, Nina”.
