{"product_id":"9781472257420","title":"Mother's Boy : A beautifully crafted novel of war, Cornwall, and the relationship between a mother and son - Patrick Gale","description":"\u003cp\u003eTender, evocative' TLS'Richly engaging' SpectatorA Radio 4 Serial Fiction Book of the Week 'A characteristically tender novel about a young man growing up in the shadow of one war and the whispers of the next' Observer'A wonderful novel about relationships, particularly between a mother and son. A compelling read, beautifully crafted and sensitively written' Irish Examiner_______Laura, a laundress, meets her young husband when they are both placed in service in Teignmouth in 1914. They have a baby, Charles, but his father returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave Laura a widow. As a new war looms, Charles signs up for the navy as a coder. His escape from the tight, gossipy confines of Launceston to a more colourful life in action sees him blossom, as he experiences the possibility of death, and the excitement - even terror - of a love that is as clandestine as his work. _______'Stands with the best queer literary fiction of a historical bent, illuminated as it is by Gale's devilish wit and talent for both social observation and intricacies of character' Sydney Morning Herald 'A wonderful novel - a touching, utterly convincing portrait of the nascent artist' Mail on Sunday'A deeply moving novel. The portrait of a complex relationship that constricted as much as it sustained is brilliantly done' The Tablet\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Gale","offers":[{"title":"416 pages \/ 02\/02\/2023 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57157088608631,"sku":"9781472257420","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781472257420.jpg?v=1780936536","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781472257420","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}