Ann Widdecombe's controversial novel about the position of men in
today's society.
Jason Kirk is a 32-year-old teacher who believes he is happily married
until he returns home one day to find that his wife has left him, taking
their two young children with her. Suddenly Jason finds the role of
father denied to him as he is separated from his children and reduced to
the role of visitor.
The law is weighted against him and his wife produces a series of
excuses to withhold contact with Jake, eight, and Leah, three. Jason,
who had wanted to bring his children up to maturity on a daily basis,
not only has to face the pain of this loss but endures the misery of
persecution by the Child Support Agency. He discovers he is not alone
and that among his friends and colleagues, there are others enduring the
same situation.
FATHER FIGURE is an enthralling, thought-provoking novel of modern
fatherhood.