Author:Marina Endicott
Absorbed in her own failings, 43-year-old Clara Purdy crashes her life into a sharp left turn, taking the young family in the other car along with her. When bruises on the mother, Lorraine, prove to be late-stage cancer, Clara moves the three children and their terrible grandmother into her own house while Lorraine undergoes treatment at the local hospital.
We know what is good, but we don't do it. In Good to a Fault, Clara decides to give it a try, and then has to cope with the consequences : exhaustion, fury, hilarity, and unexpected love. But she questions her own motives. Is she acting out of true goodness, or out of guilt? And most shamefully, has she taken the family over simply because she wants one of her own?
In Good to a Fault, award-winning writer Marina Endicott examines what we owe in this life and what we deserve. And the result is a profound and unforgettable novel.
There's heartbreak, there's joy, there are parts where you cry - and it's very high quality writing. Well done!
—— Margaret Atwood , Giller Prize Jury remarksWitty and wise, light and dark, with many unexpected moments.
—— Colm TóibínGood to a Fault is one of those novels you want to tell people about. It's unpretentious and affecting, with characters to remember and themes that linger and resound
—— Meg Wolitzer, author of The Ten-Year NapThe Canadian writer Marina Endicott's second novel, Good to a Fault, won a Commonwealth Writers' Prize, and one can see why. It's just as funny and absorbing as her debut, Open Arms.
—— Patrick GaleBeautifully written...a rewarding read
—— GuardianWe all loved Chocolat, and Joanne Harris' new thriller, which follows the lives of three brothers and their dysfunctional families via a series of web journals, has the same beauty with a modern edge. A dark, intricate tale
—— CompanyPacked with suspense
—— Woman & HomeDeliciously brilliant
—— In StyleChilling...will keep you guessing until the end
—— PsychologiesChilling psychological thriller... Fact and fiction are cleverly blurred, and the intricately plotted spins and turns will keep you guessing till the end
—— GlamourIntriguing... Real life tangles with his fantasy online world to create a heart-stopping page-turner
—— Good HousekeepingBlueeyedboy is unquestionably a masterpiece of deception and fantasy
—— Oxford TimesA dark exploration into the mind of an internet-obsessed would-be killer
—— RedCreepy psychodrama...BB's voice soon takes on the seductive cadences of her Gallic creations. Harris's triumph is to incorporate email-speak into this tale of rural nasties without frightening the horses
—— Independent
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