The Souvenir Museum Av Elizabeth Mccracken

<p><b>''One of my favourite writers'' Nick Hornby<br><br>One of the most acclaimed writers of our day, award-winning author Elizabeth McCracken is an undisputed virtuoso of the short story, and this new collection features her most vibrant and heartrending work to date.</b><br><br>A recent widower and his adult son ferry to a craggy Scottish island in search of puffins. An actress who plays a children''s game-show villainess ushers in the New Year with her deadbeat half-brother. And on a trip to a water park with their son, two fathers each confront a deep-rooted personal fear. With sentences that crackle and spark and showcase her trademark wit, McCracken shows how the mysterious bonds of family are tested, transformed, fractured, and fortified.<br><br><b>''McCracken has a gift for spotting the comic potential in situations many of us have endured... Her prose is stippled with just-so observations'' <i>Observer</i><br><br>''McCracken is a totally assured performer: even seemingly thro