My Son, My Son: How One Generation Hurts the Next
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (571 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1846554594 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
DOUGLAS GALBRAITH was born in Glasgow in 1965 and is the author of three novels, The Rising Sun, A Winter in China, and King Henry. He lives in Scotland.
Here is an intensely provocative journey through complex and controversial territory: child murder, tsunami, international conventions, hatred, cultures at war. An incredible story which starts with the abduction of the author's children then goes on to tackle the biggest questions about who we are. What do you do when your wife abducts your children? This was the question facing Douglas Galbraith when, in 2003, he returned home to Scotland from a few days' work in London. He has not seen them since. But My son, My sonis infinitely more than a personal tale of sudden loss and one man's attempts to find his sons. Writing with astonishing range and insight, Galbraith tackles the deepest questions about who we are and how we treat each other. The house was silent, empty and locked; his four and six-year-old sons' pyjamas lay on the bedroom floor. It goes to the very heart of relations between parents and children, men and women, and between races -- to the heart of what it is to be alive.. And on the doormat, confirmation from the Post Office of a forwarding address -- in Japan. My son, My sonis a searing memoir and a call to arms which will provoke passionate debate. It has a haunting eloquence and, against the odds, a grim sense of humour
"Galbraith chronicles with elegantly contained rageHis book is a howl of pain, beautifully written by a man wounded beyond endurance" -- Jane Shilling Sunday Telegraph "A memoir and a meditation that is provocative, humorous, stimulating and profoundly affectingaccomplisheda great, unsettling book" -- Hugh Macdonald Glasgow Herald
A Study In Loss What if you came home after a few days away to find your family had disappeared? What of your foreign spouse had absconded with your children to a country where she knew you could do nothing legally to even get to see your sons, let alone get them back? Wha. Peter Faulkner said stared well, then went somewhere else. I thought this would be a good story. Turned into a preaching session of god knows what. Better to read something else. This was painful to finish