Summary
The Nightmare of Parenthood: A Love Story Tainted
Karen and Barney Stark’s marriage is a battlefield of incompatibility, only amplified by their childless existence. Living under the relentless ticking of a fertility clock, their relationship is strained to its breaking point.
A workplace accident exposes them to radioactive dust, turning them into outcasts, shunned by their community and even their own families. But the true nightmare begins when Karen discovers she’s pregn…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474617031 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474617034 |
| Author: | Daniel Keyes |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 9 November 2020 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Unflinchingly honest … it will make you reflect on your own life … and completely and utterly break your heart - GUARDIAN online for FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON
What possibly could turn into a sort of science fiction thriller actually becomes a very human book with the spilling of emotions becoming more important than the radioactive accident - HERALD ADVERTISERTerrifying in its potential reality - MANCHESTER EVENING NEWSA chilling Touch. One that you’ll remember - KIRKUSGripping, well-plotted book … radiation contamination has provided Keyes with a macabre and unusually provocative idea for a novel and he exploits it with narrative skill - WASHINGTON STARAbout The Author
Daniel Keyes
Daniel Keyes (1927-2014)
Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Daniel Keyes worked as a merchant seaman, editor and university lecturer. He published four other novels, including Flowers for Algernon, originally a short story, for which he won the Hugo Award, later expanded into the Nebula Award-winning novel and adapted as an Oscar-winning film (Charly, 1968). Daniel Keyes had a Master’s degree in English and American literature and was a Professor of English and Creative writing. He died in 2014.
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