A Letter To Our Son
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A deeply personal and emotionally resonant work of creative nonfiction, A Letter to Our Son chronicles the harrowing experience of a father watching his newborn child fight for survival in a hospital intensive care unit. Written with raw tenderness and unflinching honesty, Peter Carey composes an intimate letter addressed directly to his son, recounting the terrifying days surrounding the premature birth and the profound love that crystallized in the face of uncertainty. The narrative captures the vulnerability of parenthood with poetic precision, transforming a private family crisis into a universal meditation on hope, mortality, and the fierce, instinctive bond between parent and child. Carey's prose, celebrated for its literary depth, brings the same commanding voice found in his fiction to this autobiographical piece, making it as artistically compelling as it is emotionally affecting.
Author: Peter Carey
Format: Hardback
Published: 1994, University of Queensland Press
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A deeply personal and emotionally resonant work of creative nonfiction, A Letter to Our Son chronicles the harrowing experience of a father watching his newborn child fight for survival in a hospital intensive care unit. Written with raw tenderness and unflinching honesty, Peter Carey composes an intimate letter addressed directly to his son, recounting the terrifying days surrounding the premature birth and the profound love that crystallized in the face of uncertainty. The narrative captures the vulnerability of parenthood with poetic precision, transforming a private family crisis into a universal meditation on hope, mortality, and the fierce, instinctive bond between parent and child. Carey's prose, celebrated for its literary depth, brings the same commanding voice found in his fiction to this autobiographical piece, making it as artistically compelling as it is emotionally affecting.