Accidents in the Home
von Tessa Hadley
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A powerful literary debut chronicling a year in the life of one thoroughly modern family
Clare Verey, a twenty-nine-year-old mother of three, bakes her own bread and grinds her own spices. She has a comfortable home in the suburbs and a devoted husband. Why is it, then, that when her best friend's lover appears in her life he has the power to invert her world? Why is the desire for more never satisfied?
So begins
Accidents in the Home, a novel that exposes the emotional underbelly of a modern-day family. Clare's narrative is deftly intertwined with the stories of her extended family: her mother, Marian, the clever daughter of a Dostoevsky scholar whose husband leaves her for a beautiful young art student; Clare's half brother, Toby, a dreamy boy who prefers to view life through the lens of a camera; her troubled younger half sister, Tamsin, who develops an apparatus of taboos and rituals to restore order to her chaotic past.
In the world Tessa Hadley has created, family is no longer a steady foundation but a complex web of marriages, divorces, half siblings, and stepchildren that expands with every new connection and betrayal.
Accidents in the Home offers a startling, intimate portrait of family life in our time.
From Publishers Weekly
Hadley weaves characters' lives and sensibilities into an affecting tapestry of love, loss, pain and introspection in her debut novel, a den of consequence for actions and events that are not really accidents at all. Clare Verey is a martyr, a near-adultress and part of a family train wreck that began with her father's first marriage and is still on its way to an explosive end. Clare's quiet life in the English countryside with husband Bram and their three children turns upside down when her glamorous best friend, Helly, arrives with a new boyfriend, David, and Clare begins to feel suffocated by her own ordinariness. Clare's preoccupation with David grows simultaneously with her contempt for men and motherhood, and a dark, frantic mood. A complex family tree reveals Clare's marital troubles to be symptomatic of her father's views on love, sex and marriage. Stepmothers and stepsiblings provide multiple foils for Clare's obsession with the ideals of family life and relationships. Her younger sister, Tamsin, brushes thoughts of her stillborn baby and dead boyfriend under a carpet of theater tickets and expensive clothes; half-brother Toby is disturbed by his mother's relationship with an abusive woman and by the chaos in Clare's domestic life; Graham, Clare's father, and Linda, his latest wife, square off against each another in a battle of wills. Though Hadley and her characters are preoccupied with irony, something that doesn't fully manifest itself in the novel, their stories are compelling and rich in the minutiae of family life.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Claire and Helly have been stealing each other's boyfriends ever since they became "best" friends in high school. Now, however, the stakes are much higher. Claire, ensconced in the suburbs with her biologist husband, Bram, and their three children, is jealous of her glamorous single friend's lifestyle. Aspiring actress Helly works as a model and has beautiful clothes and a handsome, witty new boyfriend. As Claire embarks on the certain path to divorce, the equally complicated entanglements of her extended family are also brought to light. Her father, Graham, on his third marriage, discovers that his wife is cheating on him. Her dreamy half-brother, Toby, must contend with his mother's fractious, first-time lesbian relationship. Claire's younger sister, Tamsin, experienced a deeply traumatic romance as a teenager but refuses to talk about it. This is Hadley's first novel, and it is a mixed bag. Sometimes annoying, sometimes involving, it's a maddening blend of tedious domestic detail and startling insight. It is most notable for its technical finesse a
A powerful literary debut chronicling a year in the life of one thoroughly modern family
Clare Verey, a twenty-nine-year-old mother of three, bakes her own bread and grinds her own spices. She has a comfortable home in the suburbs and a devoted husband. Why is it, then, that when her best friend's lover appears in her life he has the power to invert her world? Why is the desire for more never satisfied?
So begins
Accidents in the Home, a novel that exposes the emotional underbelly of a modern-day family. Clare's narrative is deftly intertwined with the stories of her extended family: her mother, Marian, the clever daughter of a Dostoevsky scholar whose husband leaves her for a beautiful young art student; Clare's half brother, Toby, a dreamy boy who prefers to view life through the lens of a camera; her troubled younger half sister, Tamsin, who develops an apparatus of taboos and rituals to restore order to her chaotic past.
In the world Tessa Hadley has created, family is no longer a steady foundation but a complex web of marriages, divorces, half siblings, and stepchildren that expands with every new connection and betrayal.
Accidents in the Home offers a startling, intimate portrait of family life in our time.
From Publishers Weekly
Hadley weaves characters' lives and sensibilities into an affecting tapestry of love, loss, pain and introspection in her debut novel, a den of consequence for actions and events that are not really accidents at all. Clare Verey is a martyr, a near-adultress and part of a family train wreck that began with her father's first marriage and is still on its way to an explosive end. Clare's quiet life in the English countryside with husband Bram and their three children turns upside down when her glamorous best friend, Helly, arrives with a new boyfriend, David, and Clare begins to feel suffocated by her own ordinariness. Clare's preoccupation with David grows simultaneously with her contempt for men and motherhood, and a dark, frantic mood. A complex family tree reveals Clare's marital troubles to be symptomatic of her father's views on love, sex and marriage. Stepmothers and stepsiblings provide multiple foils for Clare's obsession with the ideals of family life and relationships. Her younger sister, Tamsin, brushes thoughts of her stillborn baby and dead boyfriend under a carpet of theater tickets and expensive clothes; half-brother Toby is disturbed by his mother's relationship with an abusive woman and by the chaos in Clare's domestic life; Graham, Clare's father, and Linda, his latest wife, square off against each another in a battle of wills. Though Hadley and her characters are preoccupied with irony, something that doesn't fully manifest itself in the novel, their stories are compelling and rich in the minutiae of family life.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Claire and Helly have been stealing each other's boyfriends ever since they became "best" friends in high school. Now, however, the stakes are much higher. Claire, ensconced in the suburbs with her biologist husband, Bram, and their three children, is jealous of her glamorous single friend's lifestyle. Aspiring actress Helly works as a model and has beautiful clothes and a handsome, witty new boyfriend. As Claire embarks on the certain path to divorce, the equally complicated entanglements of her extended family are also brought to light. Her father, Graham, on his third marriage, discovers that his wife is cheating on him. Her dreamy half-brother, Toby, must contend with his mother's fractious, first-time lesbian relationship. Claire's younger sister, Tamsin, experienced a deeply traumatic romance as a teenager but refuses to talk about it. This is Hadley's first novel, and it is a mixed bag. Sometimes annoying, sometimes involving, it's a maddening blend of tedious domestic detail and startling insight. It is most notable for its technical finesse a
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Product Description
A powerful literary debut chronicling a year in the life of one thoroughly modern family
Clare Verey, a twenty-nine-year-old mother of three, bakes her own bread and grinds her own spices. She has a comfortable home in the suburbs and a devoted husband. Why is it, then, that when her best friend's lover appears in her life he has the power to invert her world? Why is the desire for more never satisfied?
So begins
Accidents in the Home, a novel that exposes the emotional underbelly of a modern-day family. Clare's narrative is deftly intertwined with the stories of her extended family: her mother, Marian, the clever daughter of a Dostoevsky scholar whose husband leaves her for a beautiful young art student; Clare's half brother, Toby, a dreamy boy who prefers to view life through the lens of a camera; her troubled younger half sister, Tamsin, who develops an apparatus of taboos and rituals to restore order to her chaotic past.
In the world Tessa Hadley has created, family is no longer a steady foundation but a complex web of marriages, divorces, half siblings, and stepchildren that expands with every new connection and betrayal.
Accidents in the Home offers a startling, intimate portrait of family life in our time.
From Publishers Weekly
Hadley weaves characters' lives and sensibilities into an affecting tapestry of love, loss, pain and introspection in her debut novel, a den of consequence for actions and events that are not really accidents at all. Clare Verey is a martyr, a near-adultress and part of a family train wreck that began with her father's first marriage and is still on its way to an explosive end. Clare's quiet life in the English countryside with husband Bram and their three children turns upside down when her glamorous best friend, Helly, arrives with a new boyfriend, David, and Clare begins to feel suffocated by her own ordinariness. Clare's preoccupation with David grows simultaneously with her contempt for men and motherhood, and a dark, frantic mood. A complex family tree reveals Clare's marital troubles to be symptomatic of her father's views on love, sex and marriage. Stepmothers and stepsiblings provide multiple foils for Clare's obsession with the ideals of family life and relationships. Her younger sister, Tamsin, brushes thoughts of her stillborn baby and dead boyfriend under a carpet of theater tickets and expensive clothes; half-brother Toby is disturbed by his mother's relationship with an abusive woman and by the chaos in Clare's domestic life; Graham, Clare's father, and Linda, his latest wife, square off against each another in a battle of wills. Though Hadley and her characters are preoccupied with irony, something that doesn't fully manifest itself in the novel, their stories are compelling and rich in the minutiae of family life.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Claire and Helly have been stealing each other's boyfriends ever since they became "best" friends in high school. Now, however, the stakes are much higher. Claire, ensconced in the suburbs with her biologist husband, Bram, and their three children, is jealous of her glamorous single friend's lifestyle. Aspiring actress Helly works as a model and has beautiful clothes and a handsome, witty new boyfriend. As Claire embarks on the certain path to divorce, the equally complicated entanglements of her extended family are also brought to light. Her father, Graham, on his third marriage, discovers that his wife is cheating on him. Her dreamy half-brother, Toby, must contend with his mother's fractious, first-time lesbian relationship. Claire's younger sister, Tamsin, experienced a deeply traumatic romance as a teenager but refuses to talk about it. This is Hadley's first novel, and it is a mixed bag. Sometimes annoying, sometimes involving, it's a maddening blend of tedious domestic detail and startling insight. It is most notable for its technical finesse a
A powerful literary debut chronicling a year in the life of one thoroughly modern family
Clare Verey, a twenty-nine-year-old mother of three, bakes her own bread and grinds her own spices. She has a comfortable home in the suburbs and a devoted husband. Why is it, then, that when her best friend's lover appears in her life he has the power to invert her world? Why is the desire for more never satisfied?
So begins
Accidents in the Home, a novel that exposes the emotional underbelly of a modern-day family. Clare's narrative is deftly intertwined with the stories of her extended family: her mother, Marian, the clever daughter of a Dostoevsky scholar whose husband leaves her for a beautiful young art student; Clare's half brother, Toby, a dreamy boy who prefers to view life through the lens of a camera; her troubled younger half sister, Tamsin, who develops an apparatus of taboos and rituals to restore order to her chaotic past.
In the world Tessa Hadley has created, family is no longer a steady foundation but a complex web of marriages, divorces, half siblings, and stepchildren that expands with every new connection and betrayal.
Accidents in the Home offers a startling, intimate portrait of family life in our time.
From Publishers Weekly
Hadley weaves characters' lives and sensibilities into an affecting tapestry of love, loss, pain and introspection in her debut novel, a den of consequence for actions and events that are not really accidents at all. Clare Verey is a martyr, a near-adultress and part of a family train wreck that began with her father's first marriage and is still on its way to an explosive end. Clare's quiet life in the English countryside with husband Bram and their three children turns upside down when her glamorous best friend, Helly, arrives with a new boyfriend, David, and Clare begins to feel suffocated by her own ordinariness. Clare's preoccupation with David grows simultaneously with her contempt for men and motherhood, and a dark, frantic mood. A complex family tree reveals Clare's marital troubles to be symptomatic of her father's views on love, sex and marriage. Stepmothers and stepsiblings provide multiple foils for Clare's obsession with the ideals of family life and relationships. Her younger sister, Tamsin, brushes thoughts of her stillborn baby and dead boyfriend under a carpet of theater tickets and expensive clothes; half-brother Toby is disturbed by his mother's relationship with an abusive woman and by the chaos in Clare's domestic life; Graham, Clare's father, and Linda, his latest wife, square off against each another in a battle of wills. Though Hadley and her characters are preoccupied with irony, something that doesn't fully manifest itself in the novel, their stories are compelling and rich in the minutiae of family life.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Claire and Helly have been stealing each other's boyfriends ever since they became "best" friends in high school. Now, however, the stakes are much higher. Claire, ensconced in the suburbs with her biologist husband, Bram, and their three children, is jealous of her glamorous single friend's lifestyle. Aspiring actress Helly works as a model and has beautiful clothes and a handsome, witty new boyfriend. As Claire embarks on the certain path to divorce, the equally complicated entanglements of her extended family are also brought to light. Her father, Graham, on his third marriage, discovers that his wife is cheating on him. Her dreamy half-brother, Toby, must contend with his mother's fractious, first-time lesbian relationship. Claire's younger sister, Tamsin, experienced a deeply traumatic romance as a teenager but refuses to talk about it. This is Hadley's first novel, and it is a mixed bag. Sometimes annoying, sometimes involving, it's a maddening blend of tedious domestic detail and startling insight. It is most notable for its technical finesse a
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Format
Paperback
Seitenzahl
256
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