The Suitcase
Author | : Frances Stonor Saunders |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2021-06-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781473552722 |
ISBN-13 | : 1473552729 |
Rating | : 4/5 (729 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Suitcase written by Frances Stonor Saunders and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Winner of the PEN Ackerley Prize 2022* 'This is family history at its best... the words fizz off the page and flutter in the mind' Sunday Times If you open that suitcase you'll never close it again. Ten years ago, Frances Stonor Saunders was handed an old suitcase filled with her father's papers. Her father's life had been a study in borders - exiled from Romania during the war, to Turkey then Egypt and eventually Britain, and ultimately to the borderless territory of Alzheimer's. The unopened suitcase seems to represent everything that had made her father unknowable to her in life. So begins a captivating exploration of history, memory and geography, as Frances Stoner Saunders decides to unpick her family's past.