Say You Love Me [Paperback]

Marion Husband (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2011

Say You Love Me sensitively explores childhood abuse, adoption and family loyalty. Say You Love Me is a powerful, sensitive yet shocking, exploration of the long-lasting traumas caused by parental sexual abuse. Marion Husband's superbly drawn, multi-dimensional characters, loving and hating freely, both fascinate and repel. Ben Walker sets out to trace his father and discover the truth about his adoption in 1968. But the past holds secrets that his brother Mark is desperate to keep. Old hatreds between the brothers are rekindled and their adopted father is made to face his own guilt over the events of that spring of 1968. Pulling no punches, this enthralling, disturbing novel gives the reader a real insight into familial abuse.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Impressive' The Guardian

Compelling & sensual. Well written..." Penny Summer

About the Author

Winner of the first Andrea Badenoch Prize for Fiction in 2005 for Paper Moon, Marion graduated with distinction and won the Blackwell Prize for Best Performance for the MA in Creative Writing at Northumbria University in the UK. She currently teaches creative writing through the Open College of the Arts and has had poems and short stories published, most recently a pamphlet of poetry about her father and childhood entitled Service. Her first novel, The Boy I Love, was published in July 2005 to much critical acclaim. Marion is 43, married with two children and lives in the Tees Valley, UK

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Accent Press Ltd (January 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905170866
• ISBN-13: 978-1905170869
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,899,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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