Emily Perkinsová se etablovala jako významná autorka své generace již na počátku své kariéry. Její současná beletrie, zahrnující jak romány, tak povídky, se vyznačuje pronikavým vhledem do lidské psychiky a moderního života. Perkinsová mistrně zkoumá složitost mezilidských vztahů a vnitřní světy svých postav s osobitým stylem a hlubokou empatií. Její díla jsou oceňována pro svou literární kvalitu a schopnost zachytit podstatu současné zkušenosti.
"Tom Stone is madly in love with his wife Ann. Pushing forty and expecting their first child, they buy a semi-derelict house in Hackney. Despite their spiralling money troubles, they believe this is their settled future. But Ann becomes convinced sheѫs being shadowed by a homeless man whose presence seems like a terrible omen. As their child grows, Annѫs behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, feverish and disturbed. On the verge of losing everything, Tom makes a decision that he hopes will save their lives.Novel About My Wife is a taut, sensuous and chilling portrait of a marriage beset by paranoia and obsession."--Publisher's website.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE OCKHAM NZ BOOK AWARDS'The most exciting novel I've read in ages... I gulped it down, so readable, so EXCELLENT about people. Read it' Marian Keyes'This novel is perfection' Glamour'A coolly ironic look at modern womanhood... This is an excellent novel' The TimesYou know how we say we devoured a story, and also that we were consumed by it? Eating and being eaten. It was like that with Claire, for me.From humble beginnings, Therese has let herself grow used to a life of luxury after marrying into an empire-building family. But when rumours of corruption gather around her husband's latest development, the social opprobrium is shocking, the fallout swift, and Therese begins to look at her privileged and insular world with new eyes.In the flat below Therese, something else is brewing. Her neighbour Claire believes she's discovered the secret to living with freedom and authenticity, freeing herself from the mundanity of domesticity. Therese finds herself enchanted by the lure of the permissive zone Claire creates in her apartment - a place of ecstatic release.All too quickly, Therese is forced to confront herself and her choices - just how did she become this person? And what exactly should she do about it?'A thoughtful, intelligent novel about one woman's search for more meaning' Good Housekeeping
