Book description
A secretive child by nature, Susanna makes a covert list of everything
she knows about her absent father, determined that one day she will find
him. Unable and unwilling to adapt to life in her mother s unsympathetic
household, she distances herself as much as possible. When she finally
discovers her father's whereabouts and seeks him out, in the free and
unconventional atmosphere of 1970s Chelsea, she conceals her identity,
beginning an illicit affair that can only end in disaster. Repeat it
Today with Tears is in many ways a traditional love story, as well as a
skilful evocation of radical times and desires. It is a fever dream that
examines our need to be loved and accepted and a piercing portrait of
madness. Anne Peile is a striking new voice in fiction. A secretive
child by nature, Susanna makes a covert list of everything she knows
about her absent father, determined that one day she will find him.
Unable and unwilling to adapt to life in her mother s unsympathetic
household, she distances herself as much as possible. When she finally
discovers her father's whereabouts and seeks him out, in the free and
unconventional atmosphere of 1970s Chelsea, she conceals her identity,
beginning an illicit affair that can only end in disaster. Repeat it
Today with Tears is in many ways a traditional love story, as well as a
skilful evocation of radical times and desires. It is a fever dream that
examines our need to be loved and accepted and a piercing portrait of
madness. Anne Peile is a striking new voice in fiction.
