Speak to Me
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Five years after psychiatrist Michael Byrnes lost his sight during surgery to remove a brain tumour, his family has settled into a pattern of dysfunction. Over the course of six days, a series of events now converge to bring them to the brink of implosion. While Michael and his wife, Elizabeth, struggle to remember what it was that held them together, their teenage children want only to tear their worlds apart. Speak to Me is a compelling domestic drama about contemporary family life, about the fragile connections between parents, about the parenting of willful teenagers, and about how one family navigates its way through crisis.
Author: Sarah Hopkins
Format: Paperback, 320 pages, 152mm x 231mm
Published: 2010, Penguin Random House Australia, Australia
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
Five years after psychiatrist Michael Byrnes lost his sight during surgery to remove a brain tumour, his family has settled into a pattern of dysfunction. Over the course of six days, a series of events now converge to bring them to the brink of implosion. While Michael and his wife, Elizabeth, struggle to remember what it was that held them together, their teenage children want only to tear their worlds apart. Speak to Me is a compelling domestic drama about contemporary family life, about the fragile connections between parents, about the parenting of willful teenagers, and about how one family navigates its way through crisis.
Speak to Me