Shtum
Powerful, darkly funny and heart-breaking, Shtum is a story about fathers and sons, autism, and dysfunctional relationships.Ben Jewell has hit breaking point. His ten-year-old son Jonah has severe autism and Ben and his wife, Emma, are struggling to cope.When Ben and Emma fake a separation - a...
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Powerful, darkly funny and heart-breaking, Shtum is a story about fathers and sons, autism, and dysfunctional relationships.Ben Jewell has hit breaking point. His ten-year-old son Jonah has severe autism and Ben and his wife, Emma, are struggling to cope.When Ben and Emma fake a separation - a strategic decision to further Jonah's case in an upcoming tribunal - Ben and Jon
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781409162988 (1409162982)
Publisher: Orion
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
The cover of this book has statements such as "Ten-year-old Jonah can't speak, but it is time his family listened," and "Jonah has never spoken, yet somehow he communicates better than all of the adults in his life." While Jem Lester's debut novel is about Jonah, a child with severe Autism, it is al...
This is a really interesting book that is bound to be HUGE when it is released next year. Compelling, funny, tragic, painful, a true emotional roller-coaster. The story is set around three generations of males in a family – Jonah who is profoundly autistic, his father Ben and his grandfather Georg...
Published by: Orion (7th April 2016) ISBN-13: 978-1409166511 Source: NetGalley Rating: 5* Synopsis: Ben Jewell has hit breaking point. His ten-year-old son, Jonah, has never spoken. So when Ben and Jonah are forced to move in with Ben's elderly father, three generations of men - one who can'...
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