The Radleys
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Free Press, 2011.
Format
Book
Edition
First Free Press Trade paperback edition.
ISBN
9781451610338, 1451610335
Physical Desc
xii, 371 pages, 12 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
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Wausau - MCPL - Adult Fiction | F HAIG | Available |
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Published
New York : Free Press, 2011.
Edition
First Free Press Trade paperback edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781451610338, 1451610335
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 5, 12 Points
Level 5, 12 Points
Notes
General Note
Includes a "Reading group guide" ([12] page.).
General Note
Originally published: Great Britain : Canongate Books Ltd, 2010.
Description
"Just about everyone knows a family like the Radleys. Many of us grew up next door to one. They are a modern family, averagely content, averagely dysfunctional, living in a staid and quiet suburban English town. Peter is an overworked doctor whose wife, Helen, has become increasingly remote and uncommunicative. Rowan, their teenage son, is being bullied at school, and their anemic daughter, Clara, has recently become a vegan. They are typical, that is, save for one devastating exception: Peter and Helen are vampires and have - for seventeen years - been abstaining by choice from a life of chasing blood in the hope that their children could live normal lives. One night, Clara finds herself driven to commit a shocking - and disturbingly satisfying - act of violence, and her parents are forced to explain their history of shadows and lies. A police investigation is launched that uncovers a richness of vampire history heretofore unknown to the general public. And when the malevolent and alluring Uncle Will, a practicing vampire, arrives to throw the police off Clara's trail, he winds up throwing the whole house into temptation and turmoil and unleashing a host of dark secrets that threaten the Radleys' marriage. The Radleys is a moving, thrilling, and radiant domestic novel that explores with daring the lengths a parent will go to protect a child, what it costs you to deny your identity, the undeniable appeal of sin, and the everlasting, iridescent bonds of family love. Read it and ask what we grow into when we grow up, and what we gain - and lose - when we deny our appetites."--Provided by publisher
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,5.0,12,12,149417
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Haig, M. (2011). The Radleys (First Free Press Trade paperback edition.). Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haig, Matt, 1975-. 2011. The Radleys. Free Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Haig, Matt, 1975-. The Radleys Free Press, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Haig, Matt. The Radleys First Free Press Trade paperback edition., Free Press, 2011.
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