Fosterling

Fosterling
Emma Neale
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 300pg
4 Mar 2011 NZ
International import eta 7-19 days
9781869794859
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A young man is found unconscious in a remote forest. He is over seven feet tall, his skin covered with hair so thick it reminds onlookers of an animal's pelt. When he wakes in a city hospital, he is eerily uncommunicative. Speculation begins. Does his appearance suggest some new genetic syndrome? Has he risen from our mythic past, tales of creatures who are half-man, half-beast? Or is this a story of neglect, of a feral child grown to manhood? Medics want to run tests on him, the media wants to get his story, and the public wants to gawp and prod. When a young woman befriends him and he starts to talk, his identity only seems to grow more complex. On his release from hospital, events drive him into hiding: yet how can a young man with his past find true refuge? A moving, quirky and compelling story about society and our reactions to difference, convincingly evoked, beautifully written.
Emma Neale was born in Dunedin and was raised in Christchurch, San Diego CA and Wellington. After gaining her first literature degree from Victoria University, she went on to complete her MA and PhD at University College, London. She has written five novels - Night Swimming, Little Moon, Relative Strangers, Double Take and Fosterling, and three collections of poetry, as well as edited anthologies of both short stories and poetry. She teaches, works in publishing and looks after her two young sons.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781869794859
Published: 4 Mar 2011
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Vintage New Zealand
Publisher: Random House New Zealand
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 300
Dewey: 823.2

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