Notes on my Family

Promotion by Sue Amaradivakara of Pr Collective and Nina Douglas PR. Told by a narrator on the autistic spectrum. Vivid, larger than life characters from 'ordinary families' that readers will recognise. Sharp, humorous and touching. Makes you laugh and cry. Present tense narrative. Accessible but beautifully written.

Lou's world is changing, breaking down. Dad is having an affair, Mum has 'an episode', nan is communicating with angels, her friend Faith discovers Nietzsche and Fleetwoood Mac, then Mikey disappears. Family isn't a word, it's a game with too many players.Family isn't a word, it's game with too many players. Lou's world is changing, breaking down, chaos is seeping in. Dad is having an affair, Mum has 'an episode', nan's communicating with angels, brother Mikey, struggling with his sexuality, covers every kitchen surface with cakes, her friend Faith discovers the importance of Nietzsche and Fleetwood Mac, then Mikey disappears... Emily Critchley's touching, unsettling and darkly hilarious novel is a hymn to the absurdity and surreal undercurrents that lie beneath ordinary suburban lives.