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After Phoenix is a raw, emotive portrayal of a family pushed to its limits by grief. Personal love and loss are set against the backdrop of political turmoil. A compelling, haunting read.
Lizzie Enfield, author of What You Don't Know and Uncoupled
December 1973 The miners are on strike and the Jacobs family is preparing for what Prime Minister Ted Heath warns will be the hardest Christmas since the war. Phoenix is home after his first term at Oxford, his sister Penny dances to Gary Glitter in her bedroom and their father, JJ writes his newspaper column in the garden shed.
January 1974 The country is in turmoil and the Jacobs family is falling apart. Phoenix is dead. His mother Katherine is admitted to the psychiatric hospital. JJ moves into the shed. And Penny is trying to carry on as normal...
Lizzie Enfield, author of What You Don't Know and Uncoupled
December 1973 The miners are on strike and the Jacobs family is preparing for what Prime Minister Ted Heath warns will be the hardest Christmas since the war. Phoenix is home after his first term at Oxford, his sister Penny dances to Gary Glitter in her bedroom and their father, JJ writes his newspaper column in the garden shed.
January 1974 The country is in turmoil and the Jacobs family is falling apart. Phoenix is dead. His mother Katherine is admitted to the psychiatric hospital. JJ moves into the shed. And Penny is trying to carry on as normal...
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