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Child of Fortune
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Child of Fortune

Yuko Tsushima
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The dreamlike story of a single mother and her estranged 11-year-old daughter by Yuko Tsushima, the ‘archaeologist of the female psyche’

Child of Fortune is deceptively gentle and dreamlike, teetering on the edge of tragedy. It covers a year in the life of a single mother with an eleven-year-old daughter, combining a complex interior world with memorably visual imagery. The narrative is patterned with themes of loss, despair and fragmentation.

It follows the course of an unexpected pregnancy which threatens to sever frayed family bonds. The story is interwoven with repressed memories of childhood dreams, missed opportunities and a trio of unsatisfactory men. There is darkness in the novel, but it is not ultimately depressing, and it concludes with a sense of optimism.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
20 August 2018
Pages
160
ISBN
9780241335031

The dreamlike story of a single mother and her estranged 11-year-old daughter by Yuko Tsushima, the ‘archaeologist of the female psyche’

Child of Fortune is deceptively gentle and dreamlike, teetering on the edge of tragedy. It covers a year in the life of a single mother with an eleven-year-old daughter, combining a complex interior world with memorably visual imagery. The narrative is patterned with themes of loss, despair and fragmentation.

It follows the course of an unexpected pregnancy which threatens to sever frayed family bonds. The story is interwoven with repressed memories of childhood dreams, missed opportunities and a trio of unsatisfactory men. There is darkness in the novel, but it is not ultimately depressing, and it concludes with a sense of optimism.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
20 August 2018
Pages
160
ISBN
9780241335031

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