{"product_id":"flesh-wounds-9780733340994","title":"Flesh Wounds","description":"\u003cp\u003eA deluded mother who invented her past, an alcoholic father who couldn't deal with the present, a son who wondered if this could really be his family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Glover's favourite dinner party game is called 'Who's Got the Weirdest Parents?'. It's a game he always thinks he'll win. There was his mother, a deluded snob, who made up large swathes of her past and who ran away with Richard's English teacher, a Tolkien devotee, nudist and stuffed-toy collector. There was his father, a distant alcoholic, who ran through a gamut of wives, yachts and failed dreams. And there was Richard himself, a confused teenager, vulnerable to strange men, trying to find a family he could belong to. As he eventually accepted, the only way to make sense of the present was to go back to the past - but beware of what you might find there. Truth can leave wounds - even if they are only flesh wounds.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart poignant family memoir, part hopeful search for the truth, this is a book for anyone who's wondered if their family is the oddest one on the planet. The answer: 'No'. There is always something stranger out there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR FLESH WOUNDS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Both poignant and wildly entertaining' - Sydney Morning Herald\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A new classic ... a breathtaking accomplishment in style and empathy' - The Australian\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Heartbreaking and hilarious ... I couldn't put it down' - Sun Herald\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Engrossing and extremely funny'- The Saturday Paper\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Not since Unreliable Memoirs by Clive James has there been a funnier, more poignant portrait of an Australian childhood.' - Australian Financial Review\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Sad, funny, revealing, optimistic and hopeful' - Jeanette Winterson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glover, Richard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54257793761391,"sku":"9780733340994","price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/4013\/5535\/files\/9780733340994.jpg?v=1788943170","url":"https:\/\/rechapter.com.au\/products\/flesh-wounds-9780733340994","provider":"ReChapter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}