num_pages: 566
description: Nathan Staples is consumed by loathing and love in roughly equal measures. Frustrated by his life and the way he lives it, he is sustained only by his passionate devotion for his estranged wife and their teenage daughter, Mary. When Nathan contrives to have Mary invited to the island where he lives in retreat, he sets in motion the possiblity of telling her he is her father, and becoming whole and complete and alive again.
language: English
title: Everything You Need
titlecomplete: Everything You Need
characters: Uncle Bryn, Richard Fisher, Jack Grace, Eckless, Nathan Staples, Joe Christopher, Uncle Morgan, Lynda Dowding, Louis Elcho, Sophie Christopher, Ruth Alvey, Mary Lamb
genres: Fiction, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Modern, Scotland, Classics, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 473
places: Wales
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist
publisher: Vintage UK