Dimensions
130 x 197 x 14mm
Funny, sad and wise, 'Phoenix' is a memoir of impeccable beauty about brotherhood and family.
Keeping a vigil at the Phoenix hospital bedside of his older brother John, who has suffered burns to over 90 per cent of his body in a terrible accident, J D Dolan reflects on his family's troubled relationships and the seething tensions that lie in the past. In the author's sensitive portrait, the Dolans at first appear to be a fairly typical American family . . . Yet at the time that John was injured, the brothers hadn't spoken in five years, continuing a family tradition of punishment through silence.
In 'Phoenix', Dolan offers emotional insights and succour for us all.
