The Homemade God

<p><b>Family is everything, even when it falls apart.<br>Discover the brand-new novel from the multi-million-copy bestselling author.<br><br><u>AN INSTANT <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> BESTSELLER!</u></b><br><br><b>‘The perfect holiday read ...There’s a new heft and grandeur, not only in the sophisticated characters and the fancy Italian real estate, </b><b>but in the hidden darkness that can exist in a family </b><b>... Rachel Joyce is firing on all cylinders.’ </b>THE TIMES<br><br><b>''A masterly and deeply satisfying exploration of art, grief and familial bonds.'' </b><i>OBSERVER</i><br><br><b>''Warm and emotionally astute.'' </b><i>MAIL ON SUNDAY</i><br><br><b>''A sharp, absorbing and emotionally intelligent novel.'' </b><i>GUARDIAN</i><br><br><b>‘A beautifully written family drama ... Long after I finished the last page, I found I missed these characters – always the sign of a special book’ - </b><i>GOOD HOUSEKEEPING</i><br><br><b>''A thoroughly engaging examination of familial truths that define and endanger the precious, ever-precarious sibling bond. The beautiful writing, unforgettable characters, and stunning setting make this a must-read.''</b> - Bonnie Garmus, author of <i>Lessons in Chemistry</i><br><br>There is a heatwave across Europe.<br>Goose and his three sisters gather at the family''s house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their father, a famous artist, has recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece. Now he is dead and there is no sign of a painting.<br><br>Although the siblings have always been close, as they search for answers over that summer, the things they learn - about themselves, their father and their new stepmother - will drive them apart before they can come to any kind of understanding of what their father''s legacy truly is.<br><br><b>Extraordinarily compelling, at heart this is a novel about sibling relationships and those hairline cracks that can appear within a family: what what happens when they splinter, and what it would take to mend them.<br><br>''It made me laugh, it made me cry and I couldn’t put it down. If you are a fan of Maggie O’Farrell you must read this.''</b> - Louise Minchin, TV presenter and author of<i> Isolation Island</i><br><br><b>’The renowned artist - the emotionally starved children - what an inspired subject! Joyce writes with her trademark vitality and compassion and there is such colour here. So much at stake. I couldn’t put it down.’</b> - Esther Freud, author of <i>Hideous Kinky</i> and <i>Mr Mac and Me</i><br><br><b>''Lyrical, shrewd and, ultimately, as indecently satisfying as a four course Italian lunch. My life is a little emptier now it''s over.'' - </b>Patrick Gale, author of <i>A Place Called Winter</i><br><b>''Sparkling and addictive … Rachel Joyce is so incredibly good and wise on families and siblings. I couldn’t love it more.''</b> - Harriet Evans, author of <i>The Garden of Lost and Found</i><br><br><b>‘A triumph of insight and empathy!’ </b>- Clare Chambers, author of<i> Small Pleasures</i><br><b>''Joyce is a fearless explorer of emotional landscape.'' – </b><i>Sunday Times</i><br><br><b>''If only there were more novelists like Rachel Joyce'' – </b><i>Telegraph</i></p>