"First published in the UK by Faber and Faber in 2006"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary
When Harding was a child, his mother Maureen told him he was adopted. As he sent out to look for his birth mother, he began to understand who his adoptive mother really was-- and the benign make-believe world she built for herself and her little boy.
Contents
Adoption: an introduction to the US edition -- Names -- Place -- Fables -- Characters -- Ghosts -- Bearings -- People -- Honours -- Margaret -- Laughing water -- Relations -- Voices -- Feasts -- The falling boy.
