Approval - Couverture souple

D. Rutter, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1913393127 ISBN 13 : 9781913393120

Editeur : Contraband, 2021

Synopsis

Winner of the NorthBound Book Award 2020

Approval follows would-be parents David and Cici through a series of forays into the past as they go through the motions of applying to adopt a child. Their story builds a picture of hope, vulnerability and fear as David is put under intense and intrusive scrutiny during their battle against faceless bureaucracy. From family background and early experiences to adult relationships, he is forced to revisit uncomfortable – sometimes painful – episodes, in the hope of meeting the authority’s requirements.

Confronting a lonely, difficult and uncertain path to family life, Approval is a brave novel told from a perspective rarely explored in fiction: a man’s response to a couple’s infertility. Raising questions about how much intervention and judgement is necessary for the state to ascertain fitness to parent, Approval ultimately invites the reader to decide.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

John D Rutter is a writer of literary and short fiction and an academic who teaches, researches, edits and writes primarily on the short story – the subject of his PhD from Edge Hill University. His stories and articles have been published in a variety of anthologies and journals. Approval is his first novel. John lives in Lancashire with his wife, Lin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Contraband
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1913393127
• ISBN 13: 9781913393120
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible