My Phantoms Av Gwendoline Riley

<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE</b><br><br><b>'What a phenomenal ear she has, and how remorselessly funny she is - <i>My Phantoms</i> is unmissably good' Kevin Barry, author of <i>Night Boat to Tangier</i></b><br><br>Helen Grant has always been a mystery to her daughter. A twice-divorced mother-of-two she has sought intimacy in all the wrong places. Her daughter Bridget sees her once a year and considers the problem contained. But as she looks back over their fractious relationship, she is forced to confront cruelties inflicted on both sides. <br><br><i>My Phantoms</i> is an insightful and painfully funny account of a family strained to breaking point, and a reckoning with the damage we do over the course of a life. <br><br><i>My Phantoms</i> was a Book of the Year in the <i>Observer</i>, the <i>Daily Telegraph</i>, the <i>Irish Times</i>, the <i>Guardian</i>, <i>The White Review</i>, the <i>Evening Standard</i>, the <i>Big Issue</i>, the <i>TLS</i>, the <i>Week</i> and the <i>New Statesman</i>.</p>