by Edward St Aubyn · Picador · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330435918
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«Mother's Milk» is the contemporary novel by Edward St Aubyn, published by Picador in paperback (304 pages, in English).
Patrick Melrose watches his wife consumed by motherhood, his mother give herself to a New Age foundation, and his five-year-old son understand more than he should. The novel portrays shifting loyalties between parents and children and tackles parenting, marriage, adultery, and assisted suicide with dry humor and psychological insight.
Fourth novel in the Patrick Melrose series. Shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize; won the 2007 Prix Femina Étranger.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction who enjoy family portraits, black humor, and satire.
Edward St Aubyn is an English author and journalist. He is the author of eleven novels, including notably the semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels. In 2006, Mother's Milk was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
