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The Good Father

The Good Father

Author(s): Marion Husband

Location(s): Teesside

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): Late 1950s

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When Peter Wright’s father dies he leaves his entire fortune to Peter’s best friend Jack. Over a few weeks in the summer of 1959 the consequences of the old man’s legacy seriously affect three men s lives, Jack, who has brought up his three children alone since his wife was killed, Wright’s solicitor Harry, who is trying to rebuild his relationship with his estranged son Guy, and Peter himself, whose friendship with Jack is threatened by his father’s death and the terrible secrets he has kept since his return from the Japanese POW camps. The Good Father explores the nature of fatherhood and the bonds between fathers and their children in a gripping story of love, betrayal and adultery.

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A books set in Teesside. Gosh, are there any others? A good father, a really interesting question to ponder. I was given this book and it was an interesting read – joel and ted...

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