Your Father Sends His Love
By Stuart Evers
2014
First Published
3.51
Average Rating
288
Number of Pages
With wit, subtlety, and a heartbreaking sensitivity to the human search for redemption, Stuart Evers’s astonishing stories plumb the minds and hearts of people longing to repair the connections they have lost, or never quite had. His unforgettable characters illuminate familial love in all its forms: a single father goes to jail for avenging a hate crime perpetrated against his gay son; a mother returns home to her husband and children after an affair; an aging grandfather mediates between his quarreling son and his granddaughter; a man comes to New York to heal from the tragic death of his child. As emotionally acute as Lorrie Moore’s Birds of America, as unique and elegant as Jonathan Lethem’s 9 Inches, these stories of love, loss, estrangement, and the many names for family announce the arrival of a bold new literary talent.
Avg Rating
3.51
Number of Ratings
114
5 STARS
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4 STARS
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3 STARS
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2 STARS
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Author
Stuart Evers
Author · 5 books
Formerly a bookseller and editor, Stuart Evers is a writer and reviewer. His short stories have appeared in The Best British Short Stories 2012, Prospect and on The Times website. He has reviewed for a wide range of publications including the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph and New Statesman. He lives in London. His first book was published in 2011, a collection of short stories entitled Ten Stories about Smoking. It was described by the Daily Telegraph as "original and quietly devastating", while New Statesman noted echoes of Raymond Carver and Alice Munro. The book won the 2011 London Book Award at the London Awards for Art and Performance.
