Family Council

The audiobook Family Council, author Petr Jarchovský, narrated by Lucie Juřičková. FAMILY AS A MIRROR TO THE WORLD – CRACKED, BUT STILL WHOLE The narrator Alena, the ex-wife of one of the brothers, uses family events to portray the world we see around us today, a world where parents behave like immature children and their children try to take on adult roles. Will Alena be able to prevent an all-out war within the family? Will things be said that can't be taken back? Can the departure of a loved one ultimately lead to forgiveness for the wrongs we inflict on each other? In her gripping, ironically tinged, yet compassionate narrative, Alena attempts to describe her struggle to preserve family ties, the most important thing we have in this world. At the same time, she incidentally paints a self-portrait of a type of woman thanks to whom our cracked world is still holding together… PETR JARCHOVSKÝ Petr Jarchovský (1966) is a film screenwriter and writer. He wrote the screenplays for the successful films inspired by the short stories of writer Petr Šabach and directed by Jan Hřebejk: Šakalí léta (Big Beat), Pelíšky (Cosy Dens), Pupendo, U mě dobrý (Up and Down), and by Ondřej Trojan: Občanský průkaz (Identity Card). The films Musíme si pomáhat (Divided We Fall) and Želary, for which he wrote the screenplays, were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His original screenplays for the films Divided We Fall and Up and Down won Czech Lion awards. In 2025, he published the novella Olmerka with the publishing house MF. Petr Jarchovský is married, has two daughters, and works as a teacher at the Department of Screenwriting and Dramaturgy at FAMU in Prague.