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The names
Knapp, Florence2025
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In the wake of the 1987 storm, Cora sets off with her 9-year-old daughter Maia to register her son's birth. Her husband Gordon, a local doctor, respected in the community but a terrifying and controlling presence at home, intends for her to follow his family tradition going back generations, and name the child Gordon. But on the journey there, Cora wonders if it's right to impose the burden of this name and its legacy onto her newborn son. She herself has Julian in mind, and Maia offers up her own suggestion: Bear. What follows are three alternate and alternating versions of her son's life shaped by Cora's last-minute choice of name. Spanning thirty-five years, the novel takes in themes of domestic abuse, the messy ties of family, and the possibilities of autonomy and healing.
Main title:
The names / Florence Knapp.
Author:
Knapp, Florence, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Phoenix Press, 2025.©2025.
Collation:
343 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781399624039 (paperback)9781399624022 (hardback)9781399624053 (ebook)9780593833902 (hardcover)9798217059348 (international trade paperback))
Dewey class:
823.92F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2856238