Mother's Milk

The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril.Caught up in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide, Patrick finds his wife Mary consumed by motherhood, his mother in thrall to a New Age foundation, and his young son Robert understanding far more than he should.But even as the family struggles against the pull of its ever-present past, a new generation brings a new tenderness, and the possibility of change.

‘So good – so fantastically well written, profound and humane ... it is heartstopping.' -- The Observer
'Brimming with witty flair, sardonic perceptiveness and literary finesse.’ -- The Sunday Times
‘Mother’s Milk has the cerebral excitement and piercing funniness of St Aubyn at his brilliant best.’ -- Tatler

Edward St Aubyn was born in London in 1960. His superbly acclaimed Melrose novels are Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope (previously published collectively as the Some Hope trilogy), Mother's Milk (shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2006) and At Last. He is also the author of the novels A Clue to the Exit and On the Edge. Alex Jennings is an English actor who gives an outstanding performance, playing the Duke of Windsor in the Netflix series, The Crown (2016). Jennings began his career in regional repertory theatre, playing a range of roles including Robespierre in The Scarlet Pimpernel and his performance as Glournov in Too Clever by Half, for which he won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1988. A three-time Olivier Award winner he is the only performer to have won Olivier awards in the drama, musical and comedy categories.

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