The house of broken bricks : a novel / Fiona Williams.
"Set in a West Country farming village, The House of Broken Bricks lays bare the complexities of day-to-day life for a mixed-race family. Jess is a Londoner whose relationship with Richard transports her from a Jamaican diaspora in a city where she easily blends in into a creaking house on a floodplain where predatory birds hover over fields, eels coil in the river mud, buses run twice a day, neighbors barter honey for cider and no one looks like her. While Jess and Richard settle into the village rhythm, the dramatic arrival of their twin sons recasts the family dynamic, stirring up complicated feelings and questions of belonging. Full of surprises, deeply attuned to the rhythms of language and nature, this lyrical novel with a magical realist strand captures the pain and beauty of life and death as well as the transformational power of changing seasons."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250896766
- ISBN: 1250896762
- Physical Description: 338 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain in 2024 by Faber & Faber Ltd."--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Multiracial people > Fiction African Americans > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Grief > Fiction. West Country (England) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Magic realist fiction. Domestic fiction. |
Available copies
- 25 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 26 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | F WILLIAMS (Text) | 33114018767962 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 05/27/2025 |
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