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Unbecoming. Die Ungehörigkeit des Glücks, englische Ausgabe
Jenny Downham
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Description for Unbecoming. Die Ungehörigkeit des Glücks, englische Ausgabe
Paperback. A new and truly powerful novel from internationally bestselling Jenny Downham, author of Before I Die. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: YFN. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 198 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 418.
Katie's life is falling apart: her mum's controlling, her dad's run off, she's in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal and now her estranged grandmother's turned up on the doorstep and Katie's expected to take care of her. Soon Katie discovers she's not the only one in her family hiding the truth. If she's going to get her life back together, she's going to have to expose everyone's deepest secrets - including her own.
Katie's life is falling apart: her mum's controlling, her dad's run off, she's in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal and now her estranged grandmother's turned up on the doorstep and Katie's expected to take care of her. Soon Katie discovers she's not the only one in her family hiding the truth. If she's going to get her life back together, she's going to have to expose everyone's deepest secrets - including her own.
Product Details
Publisher
David Fickling Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910989029
SKU
V9781910989029
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About Jenny Downham
Jenny Downham trained as an actor and worked in community theatre for many years, using improvisation techniques to take stories to young people who wouldn't normally have access to them - in prisons, hospitals, youth clubs, housing estates, anywhere that theatre rarely existed - she spent many years putting herself in imaginary situations and playing all sorts of people she ... Read more
Reviews for Unbecoming. Die Ungehörigkeit des Glücks, englische Ausgabe
This life-affirming story about a complicated family . . . is stunningly told
The Times Children's Book of the Week
This is a beautifully drawn portrait of three generations of women, hugely ambitious in its interwoven examination of sexual identity, family secrets, torn loyalties, family secrets, torn loyalties and the life-affirming power of breaking away from suffocating conventions ... Read more
The Times Children's Book of the Week
This is a beautifully drawn portrait of three generations of women, hugely ambitious in its interwoven examination of sexual identity, family secrets, torn loyalties, family secrets, torn loyalties and the life-affirming power of breaking away from suffocating conventions ... Read more