The sleeping father

Matthew Sharpe

Original title: The Sleeping Father

earliest edition we have, 2003 Soft Skull Press, 2003 291 pages

A young brother and sister try to rehabilitate their father on their own after he slips into a drug-induced coma and then emerges suffering from brain damage, in a novel that addresses the crisis in authority and faith in American families.

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The Sleeping Father paperback · 2005 · Sceptre · 352 pages · 9780340837788
The Sleeping Father hardcover · 2004 · Sceptre · 346 pages · 9780340837771
The sleeping father edition · 2003 · Soft Skull Press · 291 pages

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