Turning for Home
Turning for Home by Barney Norris, published by Doubleday in 2018, is a literary fiction work that explores the complexities of family dynamics and personal narratives. This edition spans 262 pages and is presented in English. The story centers around Robert, who gathers with his family at an old house to celebrate his birthday, a tradition that has marked their lives for years. However, both Robert and his granddaughter Kate grapple with their pasts and the emotional weight of the gathering, unsure if they can face the memories that resurface.
Readers will find a poignant exploration of human frailty and the impact of love within familial relationships. The narrative delves into the tension between reality and aspiration, as Robert and Kate navigate their intertwined stories during this significant family event. Norris’s writing captures the essence of everyday life, revealing the extraordinary moments that shape our experiences. This edition offers a reflective look at the ties that bind us, making it a thoughtful addition to the literary fiction genre.
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‘One of our most exciting young writers’ – The Times
‘Wasn’t the life of any person made up out of the telling of two tales, after all? People lived in the space between the realities of their lives and the hopes they had for them. Everyone needed their stories, the other side of the ribbon of their lives, the real life and the dream, the statement and the meaning, all of them a tape’s breadth apart from each other, impossibly divided, indivisibly close.’
Every year, Robert’s family come together at a rambling old house to celebrate his birthday. Aunts, uncles, distant cousins – it has been a milestone in their lives for decades. But this year Robert doesn’t want to be reminded of what has happened since they last met – and neither, for quite different reasons, does his granddaughter Kate. Neither of them is sure they can face the party. But for both Robert and Kate, it may become the most important gathering of all.
As lyrical and true to life as Norris’s critically acclaimed and bestselling debut Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain, which won a Betty Trask Award and was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards, this is a compelling, emotional story of family, human frailty, and the marks that love leaves on us.
‘Norris writes beautifully, unearthing extraordinary depths in the everyday… a memorable writer, mature beyond his years.’ –Sunday Times
‘Norris has a gift for tapping in to ordinary lives and finding the extraordinary in them‘ – Daily Mail
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