Relativity

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Relativity by Antonia Hayes is a poignant novel centred around twelve-year-old Ethan, who possesses an extraordinary grasp of physics due to a remarkable intellect. Living with his mother, Claire, in Sydney, Ethan unravels the mystery of his estranged father, leading to explorations of family secrets and personal identity. The story beautifully weaves themes of love, forgiveness, and the intriguing parallels between science and human relationships.
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Ethan is a bright young boy obsessed with physics and astronomy who lives with his mother, Claire. Claire has been a wonderful parent to Ethan, but he's becoming increasingly curious about his father's absence in his life, wanting to fill in the gaps.

Claire's life is centred on Ethan; she is fiercely protective of her talented, vulnerable son, and of her own feelings. When Ethan falls ill, tied to a tragic event from when he was a baby, Claire's tightly held world is split open.

On the other side of the country, Mark is trying to forget about the events that tore his family apart. Then, a sudden and unexpected call home forces him to confront his past, and the hole in his life that was once filled with his wife Claire and his son Ethan.

When Ethan secretly intercepts a letter from Mark to Claire, he unleashes long-suppressed forces thatβ€”like gravityβ€”pull the three together again, testing the limits of love and forgiveness.

Relativity is a touching exploration of family ties and the enduring strength of love, with a poignant reminder that the forces which bind our lives together are not so easily understood.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143574040

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 May 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 262g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Antonia Hayes is an Australian author who grew up in Sydney, spent her twenties in Paris and currently lives in London. Her work has been published in Best Australian Essays, Meanjin, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Daily Life and others. Antonia has worked in publishing as a publicist and a bookseller, and co-directed Australia's National Young Writers' Festival. Relativity is her debut novel and, as well as being published in Australia, rights have been sold to publishers in the US, UK, Germany, France and Turkey.

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