"Brother's Milk" is the fourth of Patrick Melrose's five novels. The once wealthy and powerful Melrose family is in danger. Disillusioned prospects, childcare responsibilities, adultery, and suicide all threaten Patrick. He discovers that the burdens of motherhood are weighing on his wife, Mary, his mother has become a slave to a New Age foundation, and that his young son, Robert, knows far more than he does. But even as the family struggles with the lingering past, the emergence of a new generation of members inspires new warmth and brings the possibility of change.
Reader comments
Thoughts are but a threat, sleep but the ruins of wakefulness.
Reminds me of "The Kite Runner", both stories about growth and redemption. However, I kind of hated the mother in the book, her behavior was really unpredictable. But it also makes the story more complex and interesting. Overall, "Brother's Milk" is a book well worth reading.
Thoughts are but a threat, sleep but the ruins of wakefulness.
Reminds me of "The Kite Runner", both stories about growth and redemption. However, I kind of hated the mother in the book, her behavior was really unpredictable. But it also makes the story more complex and interesting. Overall, "Brother's Milk" is a book well worth reading.