An unremarkable body /
Lodato, Elisa
An unremarkable body / Elisa Lodato. - London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017. - 271 p. ; 23 cm
When Katharine is found dead at the foot of her stairs, it is the mystery of her life that consumes her daughter, Laura. The medical examiner's report, in which precious parts of Katarine's body are weighed and categorised, motivates Laura to write er own version of events; to bear witness to the unbearable blank space between each itemised entry. It forces her to confront a new version of the woman she knew only as her mother - a woman silenced by her own mother, and wronged by her husband. A woman who felt shackeld by tradition and unable to love freely. Book cover.
9781474606332 (hbk.)
English fiction--21st century.
An unremarkable body / Elisa Lodato. - London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2017. - 271 p. ; 23 cm
When Katharine is found dead at the foot of her stairs, it is the mystery of her life that consumes her daughter, Laura. The medical examiner's report, in which precious parts of Katarine's body are weighed and categorised, motivates Laura to write er own version of events; to bear witness to the unbearable blank space between each itemised entry. It forces her to confront a new version of the woman she knew only as her mother - a woman silenced by her own mother, and wronged by her husband. A woman who felt shackeld by tradition and unable to love freely. Book cover.
9781474606332 (hbk.)
English fiction--21st century.