The Homemade God

A Novel

De: Rachel Joyce

Narrado por: Rachel Joyce, Sarah Winman

With sparkling wit and insight, this powerful new novel from the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry reminds us that family is everything, even when it falls apart.

There is a heatwave across Europe, and four siblings have gathered at their family’s lake house to seek answers about their father, a famous artist, who recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his long-awaited masterpiece.

Now he is dead. And there is no sign of his final painting.

As the siblings try to piece together what happened, they spend the summer in a state of lawlessness: living under the same roof for the first time in decades, forced to confront the buried wounds they incurred as his children, and waiting for answers. Though they have always been close, the things they learn that summer—about themselves, and their father—will drive them apart before they can truly understand his legacy. Meanwhile, their stepmother’s enigmatic presence looms over the house. Is she the force that will finally destroy the family for good?

Wonderfully atmospheric, at heart this is a novel about the bonds of siblinghood—what happens when they splinter, and what it might take to reconnect them.

©2025 Rachel Joyce (P)2025 Random House Audio

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“Who would have thought a book about four neurotic siblings and their impossible father could be so engaging, intriguing and satisfying?”—Prue Leith

“The Homemade God is an exquisite and beautifully written exposé of a family torn apart by tragedy and almost destroyed by love. It made me laugh, it made me cry and I couldn’t put it down. If you are a fan of Maggie O’Farrell, you must read this.”—Louise Minchin

“I fell heart-first into this vivid, moving story of siblings undone by their father's death. The mystery is compelling, yes, but it's Joyce’s assured, gorgeous storytelling that captured me—her wit, her wisdom, and her rendering of place, time, and crisis so vividly revealed through these indelible characters. Rachel Joyce can count me as a fan.”—Therese Ann Fowler, New York Times bestselling author of It All Comes Down to This