Hoods Landing ebook

'Funny, moving and alive with family lore' Catherine Chidgey, author of The Book of Guilt 'Entertains and devastates in one sentence, considers mortality and biscuit preference in the next' Gab Torr, author of Hard Place 'Rita considered the dead. Shut her eyes. Stacked each person in order like folded laundry, warm and crisp from the sun. She wondered how her name would sound amongst them.' The Gordon girls are no strangers to local gossip. Growing up with a mystic grandma and a mother in a lesbian relationship with the reverend will do that to a family. But for Rita - the fifty-year-old baby sister, back in the village for possibly the final time - there is nowhere else quite like home. As four generations gather beneath the twinkling lights of the Christmas tree, and the kettle comes to a boil, Rita steels herself to share her big news, not yet aware that hers won't be the only secret laid bare before the festivities are over. With plenty of tipples, a sexy baptism and several German Shepherds named Roger, Hoods Landing is a darkly funny, deeply affectionate novel about the extraordinary lives hidden inside ordinary places and the imperfect bonds that hold families together. OUR FAVOURITE ONLINE READER REVIEWS: 'A complete vibe' 'Charming and vivacious' 'Will hold a special place in my heart' 'Moving and hilarious' 'A treat to read' 'Passed the bechdel test with flying colours' 'I tried to come up with a complaint, but I've got nothing!' 'A gorgeous family story'