FEED MY DEAR DOGS - Brossura

'Emma Richler has written a masterpiece; a brilliant and deeply moving novel that defies description.' Matthew Alexander, Sunday Telegraph

'Jem's voice is a great accomplishment: confiding, ingenuous, with a convincing thirst for answers and approval' Scotland on Sunday

Emma Richler ‘tackles another surprisingly difficult subject: how to write about a childhood that is almost idyllically stable and loving. She does so with warmth and some brilliant left-field humour’ Jonathan Coe, Guardian

‘In such an inward looking novel, much depends on the authenticity of the child’s voice. Richler pulls this off with panache’ Daily Telegraph

‘This is a glorious hymn of praise to family, determindly and sometimes troublingly setting out to prove Tolstoy wrong. This is a book about growing up, and Richler uses a charming and cunning conflation of mature and immature vocabulary to capture childhood confusions. For all Jem’s anxieties, this is a joyful book about a joyful family that sees the goodness in nearly everyone. But – the real sting in the tale – maybe you can love your family too much’ Jonathan Myerson, Independent

‘That gap between inside and outside – of the body, of the mind and of the family – is what powers this dramatic intense novel. Emma Richler’s impressive and ambitious recapturing of youth brings us a family that is unlikely to resemble our own, but that is presented to us by a voice that seems immediately familiar’ Alex Clark, TLS

Emma Richler was born in London and grew up in London and Montreal. She trained as an actress in New York City and worked in the UK in theatre, film, television and on BBC Radio for ten years. She lives in North London.