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The Forrests
The Forrests
Emily Perkins (born 1970)
English editions
Written in EnglishThe Forrests
Bloomsbury · United Kingdom · 23 October 2025 · Paperback · 352 pages
The Forrests
Bloomsbury · United States · August 2012 · Paperback · 336 pages
The Forrests
Bloomsbury · United Kingdom · 2012 · 340 pages
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Dorothy Forrest is seven when her father Frank, hoping his luck will change, moves the family from New York to Auckland and its open skies. With her siblings Michael, Evelyn and Ruth, her hands-off parents and Daniel, a boy from a troubled home who becomes almost one of them, she grows up absorbed in the moment and the world of her senses. The story moves through a commune, first love, marrying young and raising children, losing everything she has built and the late return of love, jumping across time and filling in gaps along the way. Mental illness, drink, domestic abuse and death touch the family, and revelations keep surfacing, as Dorothy finds that the past stays with her all her life.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Family, Coming of age (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- New Zealand, United States
- First published
- 2012
- Author's age
- 42 when first published
- ISBN
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9781608196777 (Bloomsbury, United States)
9781408809235 (Bloomsbury, United Kingdom)
9781526693570 (Bloomsbury, United Kingdom)