Bücher von Edmund Johnston

One day this would come back to haunt her. She would be on the floor with blood in her mouth and her eyes too swollen to see through, and she would remember: he asked and I said yes. I chose this life.At fourteen, Jen makes her own choices. She is in charge of everything that matters in her life, meaning her hopeless dad Terry. When his dream woman Marian moves in, it seems happiness is within reach, but Marian soon moves on, taking her young son James with her. Jen can't help but follow, determined to protect James from his mother's toxic temper, even if it means abandoning herself to the chaos of Marian's life.A novel about love, nakedness and vodka.

Meet my father. Lying Billy Wright. Lies are all you can expect from him. He knows nothing else. Billy Wright has spent half his life in rebellion against truth, sense and decency. A fervent apostle of lies and mischief, he has thrown himself into every kind of trouble he can imagine. He shares his life grudgingly with his son Alan and grandson Luke, a family of three men who have lost the women they loved. Now an old man, Billy finds his family disintegrating. As Alan buckles under the pressures of a desolate worklife, Luke makes his own bid for freedom by trying to demolish the family altogether. Billy's formidable dishonesty may be their only hope. A story of lies, bad parenting and forgiveness. And a really big hammer.