Housebreaking

An amazing debut . . . All the characters are brilliant, but Del is the best´ Daily Mail ´A droll, poignant debut with one-liners to bring the house down´ Saga Magazine, Book of the Month´Intensely moving . . . ideal for autumn evenings under a duvet´ Stylist magazine Home is certainly not where Del´s heart is. After a local scandal led to her parents´ divorce and the rest of her family turned their backs on her, Del left her small town and cut off contact. Now, with both of her parents gone, a chance has arrived for Del to retaliate. Her uncle wants the one thing Del inherited: the family home. Instead of handing the place over, and with no other resources at her disposal, Del decides she will tear the place apart herself - piece by piece. But Del will soon discover, the task stirs up more than just old memories as relatives - each in their own state of unravelling - come knocking on her door. This is a story not only about the powerlessness and hurt that run through a family but also about the moments when brokenness can offer us the rare chance to start again. A brilliant and exciting debut´ Karen Joy Fowler, author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves...