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What happens when your father is a genius — and a tyrant? In In This Dark House, Louise Kehoe unravels the chilling secrets of her childhood as the youngest daughter of Berthold Lubetkin, the influential avant-garde architect who abruptly abandoned his thriving London career in 1939.
Growing up in the shadow of a brilliant, domineering father, Kehoe pieces together a family history marked by silence, exile, and hidden pain. With the eye of a detective and the heart of a daughter, she uncovers the truth about the man behind the legend — and the cost of his genius to those who loved him.
A prizewinning, haunting memoir — both a family portrait and a meditation on memory itself. For readers of literary memoir and anyone fascinated by the price of greatness, In This Dark House is an unforgettable journey into a dark, hidden past — a meditation on memory, genius, and the price paid by those who loved him.
What happens when your father is a genius — and a tyrant? In In This Dark House, Louise Kehoe unravels the chilling secrets of her childhood as the youngest daughter of Berthold Lubetkin, the influential avant-garde architect who abruptly abandoned his thriving London career in 1939.
Growing up in the shadow of a brilliant, domineering father, Kehoe pieces together a family history marked by silence, exile, and hidden pain. With the eye of a detective and the heart of a daughter, she uncovers the truth about the man behind the legend — and the cost of his genius to those who loved him.
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize, this haunting memoir is both a family portrait and a meditation on memory itself. For readers of literary memoir and anyone fascinated by the price of greatness, In This Dark House is an unforgettable journey into a dark, hidden past.
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