Bad Blood

Bestselling author Lorna Sage delivers the tragicomic memoirof her escape from a claustrophobic childhood in post-WWII Britain—and thestory of the weddings and relationships that defined three generations of herfamily—in Bad Blood, an internationalbestseller and the winner of the coveted Whitbread Biography Award. Readers ofbooks like Angela’s Ashes and The Liar’s Club as well as fans ofSage’s own lucid and penetrating writing will be captivated by the book thatthe New York Times Book Review said“fills us with wonder and gratitude. . . . Few literary critics have everwritten anything so memorable.” Family Secrets and Lies: Meet a vicar grandfather who sins with women and drink, and a grandmother who blackmails him with his own diaries. A Claustrophobic Coming of Age: An unflinching look at growing up in a remote Welsh parish after WWII, navigating a world of adult resentments and unspoken rules. Witty, Unsentimental Storytelling: Written with the sharp, penetrating insight of a literary critic turning her lens on her own past, finding dark humor in the darkest of places. A Teenager’s Escape: Follows the author’s path through a shocking teenage pregnancy and a marriage at sixteen—the ultimate escape from a family determined to define her.