Punchy, acerbic, sharp-witted and above-all, acutely observed, Born Free tells the story of an ordinary family who are all trying to escape from something - and each other.
The interactions between Jake, Joni, Angie and Vic reveal a hellish cocktail of asdolescent and mid-life crises; the savagery of sibling rivalry; the waking nightmare of a marriage gone cold - and, naturally, the unbridgeable, infernal chasm between the generations.
It's a story of everyday life.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WHITBREAD FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2000 BOOK OF THE YEAR - THE FACE '99 NOMINATED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE
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Table of contents
- Born Free
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Epigraph
- Chapter One: JONI
- Chapter Two: VIC
- Chapter Three: JAKE
- Chapter Four: ANGIE
- Chapter Five: JONI
- Chapter Six: VIC
- Chapter Seven: JAKE
- Chapter Eight: ANGIE
- Chapter Nine: JONI
- Chapter Ten: VIC
- Chapter Eleven: JAKE
- Chapter Twelve: ANGIE
- Chapter Thirteen: JONI
- Chapter Fourteen: VIC
- Chapter Fifteen: JAKE
- Chapter Sixteen: ANGIE
- Chapter Seventeen: JONI
- Chapter Eighteen: VIC
- Chapter Nineteen: JAKE
- Chapter Twenty: ANGIE
- Chapter Twenty-One: JONI
- Chapter Twenty-Two: VIC
- Chapter Twenty-Three: JAKE
- Chapter Twenty-Four: ANGIE
- Chapter Twenty-Five: JONI
- Chapter Twenty-Six: VIC
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: JAKE
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: ANGIE
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: JONI
- Chapter Thirty: VIC
- Chapter Thirty-One: JAKE
- Chapter Thirty-Two: ANGIE
- Chapter Thirty-Three: JONI
- Chapter Thirty-Four: VIC
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Praise
- Copyright
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