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With shades of JG Ballard, Murakami, and Joseph O’Neill, this is an inventive and emotional novel about the power of dreams to destroy, of memory to distort, and of courage, ultimately, to heal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56299893293429,"sku":"9781447207634","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781447207634_2985cd16-1088-461e-a5b7-9950756f6162.jpg?v=1786020486"},{"product_id":"9780393285161","title":"Your Father Sends His Love – Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eStuart Evers writes with uncanny psychological acuity. The inventive, elegant stories in \u003cem\u003eYour Father Sends His Love\u003c\/em\u003e illuminate the precarious and electrifying connections between parents and children. Evers's unforgettable characters long to repair relationships that have faltered or that never quite began. A single father goes to jail for avenging a hate crime perpetrated against his gay son; a mother returns home to her husband and children after an affair; an aging grandfather mediates between his quarreling son and granddaughter; a man waits at the pub, frantically listing things he might say to a suffering friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith wit, subtlety, and uncommon sensitivity, Evers captures those pivotal moments between parents and children when emotions are urgently felt yet impossible to express. In this, he explores new realms of passion and estrangement. 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