A Family Man

by Amanda Brookfield

Book Overview

'The novel walks a line between comedy and wrenching sadness. It is fluently written and its depiction of domestic chaos ... is all too recognisable' Sunday Times

A Family Man tells the story of thirty one year old Matt Webster, who arrives home from work one day to find that his wife, Kath, has walked out, leaving him to care for their four year old son.

Shock and hurt are compounded by the challenge of suddenly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 183889599X
• ISBN13: 9781838895990
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Boldwood Books Ltd
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

GOOD BUT PREDICTABLE...

I ENJOYED THIS BOOK. IT TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT THIS MAN'S LIFE WHO FINDS HIMSELF ALONE AFTER HIS WIFE WALKS OUT ON HIM, AND HOW HE COPES WITH RAISING HIS SON AND LIFE IN GENERAL. THE ONE THING IS THAT THROUGHOUT THE BOOK, I ALREADY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, ITS TO PREDICTABLE. WORTH THE READ...

Deep, good, surprisingly honest

The author does a very good job letting us in underneath the skin of a man that finds himself, all of a sudden in the position mothers find themselves from the beginning of times. How one sorts out the obstacles and adapts to a new normalcy are major parenting tasks that -should- go beyond gender. I will start reading all her other books.