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Thanks for Having Me by Emma Darragh is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The first fiction title from JOAN, consisting of interwoven stories about three generations of women in one family as they navigate girlhood, motherhood and selfhood, perfect for fans of Jennifer Egan, Meg Mason and Paige Clark. 'A truly original novel about maternal ambivalence, the ferocity of maternal love, and what binds us to our sisters. I was so moved.' Bridie Jabour, author of Trivial Grievances Mary Anne is painfully aware that she's not a good wife and not a good mother, and is slowly realising that she no longer wants to play either of those roles. One morning, she walks out of the family home in Wollongong, leaving her husband and teenage daughters behind. Wounded by her mother's abandonment, adolescent Vivian searches for meaning everywhere: true crime, boys' bedrooms, Dolly magazine, a six-pack of beer. But when Vivian grows up and finds herself unhappily married and miserable in motherhood, she too sees no choice but to start over. Her daughter Evie is left reeling, and wonders what she could have done to make her mother stay. Emma Darragh's unflinching, tender and darkly funny debut explores what we give to our families and what we take from them—whether we mean

Who reads Thanks for Having Me?

Author

Emma Darragh

Publisher

Allen & Unwin

Published

2024

Language

EN

ISBN

9781761471018

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Women'S Fiction