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ShtumJem Lester

Shtum

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"In this darkly funny and emotive debut, Ben Jewell has hit a breaking point. His profoundly autistic ten-year-old son, Jonah, has never spoken, and Ben and his wife Emma are struggling to cope. When Ben and Emma fake a separationa strategic, yet ill-advised, decision to further Jonah's case in an upcoming tribunal to determine the future of his educationfather and son are forced to move in with Georg, Ben's elderly and cantankerous father. In a small house in north London, three generations of men one who can't talk; two who won'tare thrown together. As Ben confronts single fatherhood, he…

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6 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Harry N. Abrams · 320 pages · 9781468316193
  • Other · English · 2017
    Abrams, Inc. · 9781468314717
  • Other · English · 2017
    Ulverscroft Large Print Books · 360 pages · 9781444832853
  • Other · English · 2017
    Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 368 pages · 9781409162988
  • Other · English · 2017
    The Overlook Press · 313 pages · 9781468314724
  • Other · English · 2016
    Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 313 pages · 9781409166511
Autistic youthFictionFathers and sonsParents of autistic childrenFiction, generalFiction, family lifeFiction, humorousFathers and sons, fiction