Scan barcode
A review by frithf
The Piper's Son by Melina Marchetta
5.0
Melina Marchetta is one of the most talented writers for Young Adults (and I do mean young adults: this book is more for the early twenties crowd than teenagers) around today, I firmly believe.
The Piper's Son picks up the story of the group of friends from Saving Francesca, set five years later as they begin their post-university lives. Focusing on Thomas Mackee and those around him, the book throws the reader into the aftermath of the collapse and tragedy of Tom's family, his love life and his regard for his disappeared, charismatic father, Dominic Mackee - union man, alcoholic, promises the world with a look in his eye. As Tom begins, painfully, to piece together what happened to him and his father, his family comes together in a story about love, community, finding your way and picking up the pieces.
Eh, guys, I don't do it justice, much though I want to. I laughed, I cried, I got to the end and started again at the beginning, I recc'd it like crazy to everyone. Just read it.
The Piper's Son picks up the story of the group of friends from Saving Francesca, set five years later as they begin their post-university lives. Focusing on Thomas Mackee and those around him, the book throws the reader into the aftermath of the collapse and tragedy of Tom's family, his love life and his regard for his disappeared, charismatic father, Dominic Mackee - union man, alcoholic, promises the world with a look in his eye. As Tom begins, painfully, to piece together what happened to him and his father, his family comes together in a story about love, community, finding your way and picking up the pieces.
Eh, guys, I don't do it justice, much though I want to. I laughed, I cried, I got to the end and started again at the beginning, I recc'd it like crazy to everyone. Just read it.