Mother Tongue, 9781761260797
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New language, new life. But escape has a shattering cost.
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Mother Tongue

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    25 March 2025

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Summary

What if being true to yourself means hurting everyone around you?

Brynn is a claustrophobic suburban mother on the brink … Eric, her husband, is transforming in dark and dangerous ways … Their daughter, Jenny, can’t fathom the storm barrelling towards her …

When Brynn awakes from a coma speaking fluent French, she seizes the opportunity to start a new life in Paris, a seismic personal transformation that leaves a slew of shattered lives in its wake.

Darkly funny and pr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761260797
ISBN-10:1761260790
Author:Naima Brown
Publisher:Pan Macmillan Australia
Imprint:Macmillan Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:25 March 2025
Weight:478g
Dimensions:31mm x 233mm x 156mm
About The Author

Naima Brown

Naima Brown holds degrees in Middle Eastern Studies, Anthropology and Religious Studies. Her essays have appeared in Vogue Australia, the Guardian Australia, and more. She wrote, along with Melissa Doyle, the non-fiction book How to Age Against the Machine. She has spent over a decade working in news, current affairs and documentary - save for her brief stint in reality TV, which inspired her first novel, The Shot. She was born and raised in Northern California before living and working in Yemen and Afghanistan, and now lives in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales with her husband and her dog. Mother Tongue is her second novel.

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