Tales from the Fatherland by Ben Fergusson - ISBN: 9780349144764
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Unexpected fatherhood in Germany: a journey of love, family, and acceptance.

Tales from the Fatherland

Two Dads, One Adoption and the Meaning of Parenthood

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  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    15 May 2023

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Summary

‘Necessary and illuminating’ Times Literary Supplement

‘A writer of genuine accomplishment’ Good Book Guide

A story of adoption and queer parenting from the award-winning author of The Spring of Kasper Meier, The Other Hoffmann Sister and An Honest Man

I’m calling because we have a little boy, four weeks old, who needs a family.

In 2018, after the introduction of marriage equality in Germany, Ben Fergusson and his German husban…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349144764
ISBN-10:0349144761
Author:Ben Fergusson
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:15 May 2023
Weight:205g
Dimensions:194mm x 126mm x 26mm
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Critics Review

Necessary and illuminating…he is a fine comic writer * Times Literary Supplment *

About The Author

Ben Fergusson

Ben Fergusson’s debut novel, The Spring of Kasper Meier, was awarded the Betty Trask Prize and the HWA Debut Crown, and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. The Other Hoffmann Sister and An Honest Man complete a trilogy of novels set in the same apartment block in Berlin at key moments in the city’s twentieth-century history. His short fiction has been published in journals internationally and in 2020 he won the Sean O’Faolain International Short Story Prize. He also translates from German, winning a 2020 Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation. Ben lives in Berlin with his husband and son.

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