Relativity, Antonia Hayes
Relativity, Antonia Hayes
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Relativity

Author: Antonia Hayes

Narrator: Antonia Hayes

Unabridged: 13 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/03/2016


Synopsis

A “beautifully written, heartbreaking” (S. J. Watson) debut novel about a gifted boy who discovers the truth about his past, his overprotective single mother who tries desperately to shield him from it, and the father he has never met who has unexpectedly returned.

“Original, compassionate, cleverly plotted, and genuinely difficult to put down.” –Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project

Twelve-year-old Ethan Forsythe, an exceptionally talented boy obsessed with physics and astronomy, has been raised alone by his mother in Sydney, Australia. Claire, a former professional ballerina, has been a wonderful parent to Ethan, but he’s becoming increasingly curious about his father’s absence in his life. Claire is fiercely protective of her talented, vulnerable son—and of her own feelings. But when Ethan falls ill, tied to a tragic event that occurred during his infancy, her tightly-held world is split open.

Thousands of miles away on the western coast of Australia, Mark is trying to forget about the events that tore his family apart, but an unexpected call forces him to confront his past and return home. When Ethan secretly intercepts a letter from Mark to Claire, he unleashes long-suppressed forces that—like gravity—pull the three together again, testing the limits of love and forgiveness.

Told from the alternating points of view of Ethan and each of his parents, Relativity is a poetic and soul-searing exploration of unbreakable bonds, irreversible acts, the limits of science, and the magnitude of love.

About Antonia Hayes

Antonia Hayes, who grew up in Sydney and spent her twenties in Paris, lives in San Francisco with her husband and son. Relativity is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by maria

*Note: An ARC of Relativity by Antonia Hayes was provided by Simon & Schuster Canada as part of their Summer Fiction Blog Tour in exchange for an honest review. “Because it was denial — not remorse or mistakes — that ruled out second chances.” Recently, I was asked by Simon & Schuster Canada if I woul......more

Goodreads review by Karys

There is just so much BRILLIANT Australian fiction out there at the moment. It’s blowing my mind. Relativity is right up there with the best. It certainly has the pull-quotes to suggest this book is a winner. From Graeme Simison and Christos Tsiolkas, to Alice Pung and Emily Maguire, Antonia Hayes ge......more