Mother's Milk: A Patrick Melrose Novel 4
Edward St Aubyn
Sep 2006 · The Patrick Melrose Novels Book 4 · Picador
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Shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, Mother's Milk is the fourth book in the Patrick Melrose series.
Now a husband and a father - and irresistibly caught up in a wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide - Patrick finds his wife Mary consumed by motherhood, his mother Eleanor consumed by a New Age foundation, and his five-year-old son understanding far more than he ought.
Set between the south of France and the USA, Mother's Milk is a breathtaking exploration of the troubled allegiances between parents and children, husbands and wives.
Shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize, Mother's Milk is the fourth book in the Patrick Melrose series.
Now a husband and a father - and irresistibly caught up in a wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide - Patrick finds his wife Mary consumed by motherhood, his mother Eleanor consumed by a New Age foundation, and his five-year-old son understanding far more than he ought.
Set between the south of France and the USA, Mother's Milk is a breathtaking exploration of the troubled allegiances between parents and children, husbands and wives.
About the author
Edward St Aubyn was born in London in 1960. He is the author of the novels A Clue to the Exit and On the Edge, and the trilogy Some Hope.
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