Shtum

Jem Lester

earliest edition we have, 2016 Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 2016 313 pages

"In this darkly funny and emotive debut, Ben Jewell has hit a breaking point. His profoundly autistic ten-year-old son, Jonah, has never spoken, and Ben and his wife Emma are struggling to cope. When Ben and Emma fake a separationa strategic, yet ill-advised, decision to further Jonah's case in an upcoming tribunal to determine the future of his educationfather and son are forced to move in with Georg, Ben's elderly...

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Editions we hold

Shtum paperback · 2018 · Harry N. Abrams · 320 pages · 9781468316193
Shtum edition · 2017 · Abrams, Inc. · 9781468314717
Shtum edition · 2017 · The Overlook Press · 313 pages · 9781468314724
Shtum edition · 2017 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 368 pages · 9781409162988
Shtum edition · 2017 · Ulverscroft Large Print Books · 360 pages · 9781444832853
Shtum edition · 2016 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 313 pages · 9781409166511

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