The Porpoise

Mark Haddon is an amazing writer who blurs the lines between his own story and a version of "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" so much that one can't keep them apart: Is it a story about a poisonous relationship between a father and his daughter, of a girl who can't escape her abusive home, is it one about how to overcome grief (or maybe rather how not to), is it about love and loss or love that simply never was there in the first place, or are they all connected closer than one might think after a first glance? I was enthralled to read this book and whole-heartedly recommend reading it!