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Description for The Simple Things
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: 5AH; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
A heartfelt story told with warmth, perception and humour, in award winning Bill Condon's deceptively effortless prose. Ten-year-old Stephen has never met his great aunt Lola, and he doesn't want to. She sends him money twice a year and he always writes back, but he doesn't send her any love, because he can't lie. 'How can you love someone you've never met?' he asks. He decides you can't, not even for ten dollars twice a year. When he arrives with his parents at Lola's house, Stephen discovers she's grumpy, scary and really, really old. What will they have to talk ... Read more
A heartfelt story told with warmth, perception and humour, in award winning Bill Condon's deceptively effortless prose. Ten-year-old Stephen has never met his great aunt Lola, and he doesn't want to. She sends him money twice a year and he always writes back, but he doesn't send her any love, because he can't lie. 'How can you love someone you've never met?' he asks. He decides you can't, not even for ten dollars twice a year. When he arrives with his parents at Lola's house, Stephen discovers she's grumpy, scary and really, really old. What will they have to talk ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Sydney, Australia
ISBN
9781743363157
SKU
V9781743363157
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Ref
99-5
About Bill Condon
Bill Condon has written numerous novels for children and young adults, including Confessions of a Liar, Thief and Failed Sex God for which he won the inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award in 2010. www.enterprisingwords.com.au
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