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What the Family Needed
Steven Amsterdam
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Description for What the Family Needed
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'Okay, tell me which do you want: to be able to fly or to be invisible?'
This question leads to thirty years of discoveries, extraordinary strengths and closely guarded secrets.
'To tell you the narrative concens a family whose members have superpowers is only to graze the surface of a moving and beautifully realised meditation on what it is to be an ordinary human being'
Australian
'A wonderful novel: imaginative, intelligent, empathetic... Like a cross between The Corrections and The Slap'
Sydney Morning Herald
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2012 ENCORE AWARD
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099565932
SKU
9780099565932
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Steven Amsterdam
Steven Amsterdam was born in New York and has worked as a map editor, producer's assistant, and a pastry chef. He has lived in Melbourne, Australia since 2003, where he works as a writer and palliative care nurse. His debut novel, Things We Didn't See Coming, won The Age Book of the Year in Australia and was longlisted for the ... Read more
Reviews for What the Family Needed
A gem of a book…hugely entertaining and also quite moving
Thomas Quinn
Big Issue
Enjoyable
Ben East
Observer
Wry, deeply moving and literally magical
Chloe Hooper
Amsterdam is consistently playful, witty and light of touch
Times Literary Supplement
A wonderful novel: imaginative, intelligent, empathetic...like a cross between The Corrections and ... Read more
Thomas Quinn
Big Issue
Enjoyable
Ben East
Observer
Wry, deeply moving and literally magical
Chloe Hooper
Amsterdam is consistently playful, witty and light of touch
Times Literary Supplement
A wonderful novel: imaginative, intelligent, empathetic...like a cross between The Corrections and ... Read more