Review by MELANIE DUGAN
A compelling but deeply unpleasant novel. Think early Ian McEwan, except instead of creepy (McEwan) this book is vicious.
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A compelling but deeply unpleasant novel. Think early Ian McEwan, except instead of creepy (McEwan) this book is vicious.
Title Statement | Summer cannibals / Melanie Hobson. |
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Author | Hobson, Melanie |
Publication | [Toronto, Ontario]: Penguin Canada,2018. |
Extent of Item | 277 pages |
ISBN | 0670068357 (pbk.) 9780670068357 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3372766 |
Summary | Three sisters return to their family home to face imminent tragedy and their tumultuous pasts. Summoned home to the shores of Lake Ontario and paradisiacal mansion perched on an escarpment above the city. As the family spends four intense days in each other's company, old fissures start to reappear. Long-buried truths finally come to light and the sisters and their parents must face the unthinkable consequences of their past actions. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Sisters--Fiction--Family relationships |
Parent and adult child--Fiction | |
Family secrets--Fiction | |
By Location | Ontario--Fiction |
By Genre | Domestic fiction |