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What the Family Needed
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What the Family Needed
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"Okay, tell me which do you want: to be able to fly or to be invisible?"
What if every now and then, the people in your family woke up with a special power? Over the span of 30 years, we are invited into the secrets of one very unique family, from a mystified teenager to an over-tired night nurse to a conflicted exile. The surprising strengths they each find show them how to change their lives — and what the family needs in order to survive.
What the Family Needed is described as "imaginative, intelligent, empathetic... Like a cross between The Corrections and The Slap." - Sydney Morning Herald
"To tell you the narrative concerns a family whose members have superpowers is only to graze the surface of a moving and beautifully realised meditation on what it is to be an ordinary human being." - The Australian
"Grade: A... At once magical and very normal, a wishful fantasy about the strength it can take to love one's family members well." - Entertainment Weekly
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What the Family Needed by Steven Amsterdam is praised for its imaginative blend of family drama with elements of magic realism, creating a narrative that feels both fantastical and relatable. Critics appreciate its empathetic and intelligent exploration of familial love and relationships. The novel offers multiple readings, allowing readers to enjoy its depth and versatility, with some noting the author’s ability to portray ordinary life as both familiar and intriguingly unsettling.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780733636295
Publisher: Hachette Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 July 2016
Country: Australia
Imprint: Hachette Australia
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 272
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About the Author
Steven Amsterdam is the award-winning author of THINGS WE DIDN'T SEE COMING (winner of the AGE BOOK OF THE YEAR, shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Award for Fiction and longlisted for The Guardian First Book Award) and WHAT THE FAMILY NEEDED (AWW Great Read and longlisted for the Dublin IMPAC literary award). He lives in Melbourne with his partner where he works as a palliative care nurse.
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