The Five Wounds

Winner of The Center for Fiction's 2021 First Novel Prize 'A gorgeously written, Franzen-calibre tale' O Magazine In this vivid, darkly funny and beautifully rendered debut novel, Kirstin Valdez Quade brings to life the struggles of five generations of the Padilla family. Amadeo, struggling to stay off the bottle, Angel, his pregnant fifteen-year-old daughter, Yolanda, the family matriarch, reeling from a recent discovery, Angel's mother, who Angel isn't speaking to and Tìo Tive, keeper of the family's history. But amid the challenges they face individually and together, it is Connor, Angel's baby, who might just be the one to save the family from themselves.

ISBN:	9781788168380
Publisher:	Profile
Imprint:	Tuskar Rock
Published date:	07 Jul 2022
DEWEY:	813.6
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	432
Weight:	340g
Height:	129mm
Width:	198mm
Spine width:	31mm

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