{"product_id":"leaving-home-a-memoir-in-full-colour-9780385551892","title":"Leaving Home: A Memoir in Full Colour","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching, brilliantly written, darkly funny, lavishly illustrated memoir by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time\u003c\/i\u003e A ringing testament about how one artist sees the world, and how his experiences have shaped his vision \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tender, addictive, informative and unlike anything else―and brilliantly illustrated. It's a gem.\" ―Rachel Joyce, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSimultaneously heart-breaking and hilarious, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of the artist both as a child and as an adult. His parents were not really cut out for the job of having children. They were cut out, respectively, for the jobs of designing abattoirs and keeping a pathologically clean and tidy house. At least he had the consolations of \u003ci\u003eThe Weetabix Solar System Wallchart\u003c\/i\u003e, walnut whips and the occasional Babycham. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAstringently honest and scalpel sharp, this is a book about being different and seeing the world differently. It's about being a cartoonist and a care assistant. It's about family. It's about knickerbocker glories and heart surgery, about papier mâché and mental breakdown and great white sharks. It's about how art, in all its varied forms, provides a way of understanding and coming to terms with the mess of human life. It's richly illustrated throughout with images from the author's childhood, some of them altered in unforgiveable ways. As bracing as it is embracing, \u003ci\u003eLeaving Home\u003c\/i\u003e is about escaping a place that never felt like home and learning to create somewhere that does.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Haddon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 6.40w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385551892\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARK HADDON is a writer and artist. His bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time \u003c\/i\u003e(2003) won seventeen literary prizes, was translated into XX languages, and went on to become an award-winning stage adaptation by Simon Stephens. His most recent works of fiction include a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Porpoise\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), and a collection of fables and stories, \u003ci\u003eDogs and Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e (2024).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mark Haddon \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47674846675101,"sku":"9780385551892","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_8cec7771-b455-4d77-8f27-c0cbf08058f2.jpg?v=1771914250","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/leaving-home-a-memoir-in-full-colour-9780385551892","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}