The Book Of Emmett

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Emmett Brown was a charming young man who quoted poetry and read to his wife and young family from the great novels of the world. But he also had a 'system'. Emmett always had in mind that he was going to make a million for the family and continued to pursue his dream of 'the numbers' that would guarantee a win at the races. It only takes a few disappointments to throw Emmett back to his own abusive childhood in and out of orphanages, and he is soon a broken down gambling drunk who terrorises his wife and children. Starting at Emmett's funeral and reflecting back, through the two eldest children - Louisa who becomes a journalist and Rob an arborist - the Brown family story is shared. Rob decides that none of the children should ever have children because they too will end up behaving like their father; Jessie agrees with him, but Louisa and Peter have children which bring them great joy. Each of Emmett's children has their own issues to deal with, but somehow, on his passing, each comes to discover that they loved and learnt from their father.

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"Brilliant. A story of such gently savage emotional intensity it stays with you long after you've turned the last page." --Susan Duncan, author, Salvation Creek

"Deborah Forster is a writer in a class of her own . . . [she] has used an angel's phrasebook to make a story that's as beautiful as hope, as real as truth." --Kaz Cooke, author, Kid Wrangling

Author Bio

Deborah Forster grew up in Footscray, Melbourne. She worked as a staff and freelance journalist for many years and was a This Life columnist on The Age and The Sunday Age. Deborah Foster is married to Alan Kohler and they have three children. THE BOOK OF EMMETT is her first novel.