Will This House Last Forever?

Will This House Last Forever?
Xanthi Barker
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 368pg
7 Apr 2022 UK
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9781472274489
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Wonderful - an elegy of sorts, yet wholly fresh and unsentimental' Sara BaumeWhen Xanthi Barker' s father died when she was in her mid twenties, she could make no sense of her grief for a man who had been absent for most of her life. Her father, poet Sebastian Barker, had left Xanthi, her mother and her brother to pursue writing and a new relationship, when Xanthi was a baby. Growing up she had always struggled to reconcile his extravagant affection - a rocking horse crafted from scavenged wood, the endless stream of poems and drawings and letters, conversations that spiralled from the structure of starlight to philosophy to Bruce Springsteen - with the fact that he could not be depended upon for more everyday things. Though theirs was a relationship defined by departures, he always returned, so why should this farewell be any different, or more final? WILL THIS HOUSE LAST FOREVER? is a heartfelt and wholly original memoir about the pain of having to come to terms with a parent' s mortality, the way grief so utterly defies logic, and about learning to see the flaws in those that we love, and let them go.
I loved this delicate and engaging story of love and grief so much that it made me wish I was still a bookseller so I could press it into the hands of all my customers. . . It' s so honest and beautifully written -- Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of THE LAST ACT OF LOVE Barker' s attempt to triangulate a void is haunting. Yet even from the depths her memories glow with life, the writing gleams with precision -- Rhik Samadder, author of I NEVER SAID I LOVED YOU The story of a relationship defined by departures. . . arresting and beautifully written * The Bookseller (Editor' s Choice, June) *
Xanthi Barker was born in London where she still lives. Her fiction has been published in Litro and MsLexia, and shortlisted for the Fish Prize. ' Paradoxical' , the first chapter of WILL THIS HOUSE LAST FOREVER? , was highly commended in the 2018 Spread the Word Life Writing Prize. Her novelette ONE THING is published by Open Pen.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781472274489
Published: 7 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Tinder Press
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Weight: 41g
Pages: 368

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