Four Terrible Parents: An addictive story of love, jealousy and the curse of trying to have it all | 'Brilliant' Kim Gordon
Autor Calla Henkelen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 iul 2026
Valentine and Raul have been touring in their indie-sleaze band SEZME since their college days, but as they enter their early forties priorities change. It's time to move out of Berlin and start settling down. Raul is ready to marry his partner, Banner, and Valentine wants to start a family with her on-and-off-again partner, Linh, but she isn't quite ready to let go of the band.
Determined to piece together the perfect life with the band and a family, Valetine begins planning, and when she inherits the crumbling Southern gothic hotel she grew up in from her late father, it feels like fate. Convincing Raul, Banner and Linh to join her in renovating the hotel, she begins to dream up a queer family life together after facing a homophobic upbringing. But as the four of them navigate their new life and welcome a daughter, August, their relationships start to sour. On the night of the hotel's grand opening, what's meant to be an evening of celebration turns into a nightmare as August goes missing.
Stylish, twisty and laced with dark humour, Four Terrible Parents is a story of power, love, responsibility and what happens when parents turn on each other. And then the world turns on them.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399829601
ISBN-10: 1399829602
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: N/A
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 mm
Editura: John Murray Press
Colecția John Murray
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1399829602
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: N/A
Dimensiuni: 135 x 216 mm
Editura: John Murray Press
Colecția John Murray
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Witty, incisive and beautifully plotted, Four Terrible Parents is a vivid, breathless tale of art, love, family and murder. Perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Torrey Peters
Incredibly charming, fun and relentlessly whipsmart . . . Brilliant
Calla Henkel is unparalleled-her plots intricately built, her characters wholly original, and her skill at balancing chaos and narrative drive is without peer. Four Terrible Parents is all of those things but it's also brimming with unexpected warmth and bursting with Henkel's trademark sly wit. A story of a disappearance, it's also a hectic manual of self-discovery, and like all things Henkel: it does both with verve and joy. Sheer perfection.
Darkly funny and brilliantly biting, this book punches right to the heart. Calla Henkel just gets better and better every time
Praise for Calla Henkel
Blackly humorous and enjoyably twisted
A sparkling debut . . . a very good plot-driven thriller dressed in a glittery jumpsuit
Brutal, glamorous and genuinely unpredictable, it will blow your mind until the very last page
Hugely entertaining
Other People's Clothes is a gritty take on toxic female friendships . . . Expect a slow burn that's deliciously dark
Thrilling
Calla Henkel's Other People's Clothes is darkly funny, psychologically rich and utterly addictive. I couldn't stop turning the pages as this witty, harrowing tale of twisty female friendships, slippery identity and furtive secrets unfolded. This is a debut you won't want to miss
A knotted mystery too intriguing to leave unpicked
Binge-worthy . . . a brilliantly immersive and almost cinematic experience
Incredibly charming, fun and relentlessly whipsmart . . . Brilliant
Calla Henkel is unparalleled-her plots intricately built, her characters wholly original, and her skill at balancing chaos and narrative drive is without peer. Four Terrible Parents is all of those things but it's also brimming with unexpected warmth and bursting with Henkel's trademark sly wit. A story of a disappearance, it's also a hectic manual of self-discovery, and like all things Henkel: it does both with verve and joy. Sheer perfection.
Darkly funny and brilliantly biting, this book punches right to the heart. Calla Henkel just gets better and better every time
Praise for Calla Henkel
Blackly humorous and enjoyably twisted
A sparkling debut . . . a very good plot-driven thriller dressed in a glittery jumpsuit
Brutal, glamorous and genuinely unpredictable, it will blow your mind until the very last page
Hugely entertaining
Other People's Clothes is a gritty take on toxic female friendships . . . Expect a slow burn that's deliciously dark
Thrilling
Calla Henkel's Other People's Clothes is darkly funny, psychologically rich and utterly addictive. I couldn't stop turning the pages as this witty, harrowing tale of twisty female friendships, slippery identity and furtive secrets unfolded. This is a debut you won't want to miss
A knotted mystery too intriguing to leave unpicked
Binge-worthy . . . a brilliantly immersive and almost cinematic experience