The Madness of Grief

Name: The Madness of Grief
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Panayotis Cacoyannis
ISBN: 9781977333353

Author: Panayotis Cacoyannis

Narrator: Gemma Dawson

Unabridged: 7 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/12/2018

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Coming Of Age

Synopsis

July 1969. While men are walking on the moon, life in London for sixteen-year-old Jane takes unexpected turns. On the point of falling in love with her best friend Karl, she discovers that there's more to her father's spectacular girlfriend than at first meets the eye. In the sweltering heat of a fast-moving evening, other revelations quickly follow, reconciling Jane with her father but also reopening wounds from the past, laying bare raw emotions kept suppressed for too long. And as the evening draws to a close, the night's drama has only just begun, unfolding in a sequence of violent events that threaten to have lasting repercussions for Jane and the people she loves.

Lightened by a gentle touch of humor, with magic tricks, sexuality, and family secrets all playing a prominent part, The Madness of Grief is a coming-of-age tale of friendship, betrayal, and loss.

Contains mature themes.

About Panayotis Cacoyannis

Panayotis Cacoyannis was born and had a magical childhood growing up in a small seaside town in Cyprus. After two years as an army conscript (during which time the island suffered first a military coup and then an invasion), he traveled to Britain where he studied law at Oxford and qualified to practice at the Bar. Having then decided that he didn't want to be a lawyer, he also graduated art school, and for many happy years he worked as a painter and sculptor, until a spell of artist's block led to a very short course in creative writing . . .

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily

Richard Coles' civil partner, David, died in December 2019 due to complications arising from his alcoholism. Whilst Coles had grown accustomed to David's quirks and side-effects due to his illness, his death was sudden and unexpected. The Madness of Grief covers the period of David's death from the e......more

Goodreads review by Emma

Read this in two sittings as I couldn't put it down. - extremely honest and moving account of the devastation of losing someone so beloved. Favourite quote "I have infringed two of the most strictly enforced regulations David imposed on the vicarage. First, I have parked my bike in the hall. In fact......more

Goodreads review by Margaret

Madness of Grief. A memoir of Love and Loss I really resonated with this book. Can't say I enjoyed because for me it was close to home. I lost my husband after 46 years of marriage on 23rd December 2020. He had been ill throughout the difficult pandemic year his health deteriorated and I knew it was......more

Goodreads review by Becca

I think I must have missed something with this book. I was hoping for a raw and emotional account of a vicar’s experience of losing a spouse and the aftermath, how he coped, and how he managed this alongside his unwavering faith. Instead, it was very descriptive, mainly of his visits to friends - no......more