Little Monsters, Charles Lambert
Little Monsters, Charles Lambert
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Little Monsters

Author: Charles Lambert

Narrator: Esther Wane

Unabridged: 7 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/24/2020


Synopsis

"When I was thirteen my father killed my mother."

How do you recover from something like that? Carol never quite does. Sent to live with her aunt, who barely tolerates her presence, Carol is grief-stricken, and all too aware she's not wanted. Desperate for love, but unable to ask for it, she nonetheless—and almost despite herself—finds it where she least expected. Her Uncle Joey is the only one to notice her when she's a teenager; years later, he's also the man with whom she builds a home and a life. But when Carol helps to rescue a young refugee from the sea, that life suddenly threatens to unravel, just as surely as it did when she was thirteen.

Contains mature themes.

About Charles Lambert

Charles Lambert is the author of several novels, short stories, and the memoir With a Zero at its Heart, which was voted one of the Guardian readers' Ten Best Books of the Year in 2014. In 2007, he won an O. Henry Award for his short story "The Scent of Cinnamon." His first novel, Little Monsters, was longlisted for the 2010 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Born in England, Lambert has lived in central Italy since 1980.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kay on June 16, 2008

I have a particular yen for reading books about one place when I’m in another, very different one. I read ‘The God of Small Things’ in Rekjavik, and ‘The Bear Comes Home’ in Kerala (I refused to read Roy’s book while I was in her home state and it was a wise choice, revisiting Kerala through her wor......more

Goodreads review by Alan on April 28, 2009

There are things about this book that made me want to give it three stars - despite the very fine writing - e.g. the situation was maybe too familiar: the 'orphaned' girl who goes to live with a 'bad' relative with a favoured but stupid son; there were odd jumps in the plot, we never learn for examp......more

Goodreads review by John on March 15, 2008

Mellifluous prose, patient dementia, remorse and recrimination—all the stuff that keeps you up late. Reading, ruminating.......more

Goodreads review by sisterimapoet on March 25, 2009

A very gentle and beguiling read. It had a distinctly feminine touch, despite being written by a man with a moustache! The way we were introduced to the characters felt very natural, very life-like, more akin to the way you get to know a person in the flesh than through the pages of a book. You didn'......more

Goodreads review by carelessdestiny on August 26, 2014

This very strange and elaborate version of the wicked stepmother tale is totally engrossing. He's created a whole lot of characters that are really unpleasant and chillingly calculating in a very ordinary way, with a plot that moves unpredictably and swiftly. It's very readable.......more