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ABOUT THIS BOOK

PUBLISHER: Vintage

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780099730613

RRP: £9.99

PAGES: 576

PUBLICATION DATE:
May 4, 2000

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Everything You Need

A. L. Kennedy

Nathan Staples is consumed by loathing and love in roughly equal measures. Frustrated by his life and the way he lives it, he is sustained only by his passionate devotion for his estranged wife and their teenage daughter, Mary. When Nathan contrives to have Mary invited to the island where he lives in retreat, he sets in motion the possiblity of telling her he is her father, and becoming whole and complete and alive again.

Reviews of Everything You Need

"Full of the wittiest and most profound writing by one of the most accomplished authors in the UK." — Debbie Taylor Culture (Newcastle Journal) "Magnificent. A wonderful and highly distinctive book" Sunday Tribune "Kennedy has an exceptional gift for empathy and insight" Scotland on Sunday "Completely wonderful. Grimly funny, wonderfully wise and ravishingly written" Glasgow Herald

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A. L. Kennedy

A.L. Kennedy is a Scottish writer who has received numerous prizes for her work, including the Somerset Maugham Award, the Encore Award and the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year Award. Her previous novels are “So I Am Glad” and “Looking for the Possible Dance.” Her short story collections are “Original Bliss,” “Now That You’re Back” and “Night Geometry and the Garscadden Trains.”