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Alberto´s Lost Birthday
Diana Rosie
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Description for Alberto´s Lost Birthday
Paperback. .
A little boy and his grandfather embark on a quest to find the old man's missing birthday in Diana Rosie's debut novel, Alberto's Lost Birthday. Alberto is an old man. But he doesn't know how old - he remembers nothing before his arrival at an orphanage during the Spanish civil war. He rarely thinks about his missing childhood, but when seven-year-old Tino discovers his grandfather has never had a birthday party, never blown out candles on a birthday cake, never received a single birthday present, he's determined things should change. And so the ... Read more
A little boy and his grandfather embark on a quest to find the old man's missing birthday in Diana Rosie's debut novel, Alberto's Lost Birthday. Alberto is an old man. But he doesn't know how old - he remembers nothing before his arrival at an orphanage during the Spanish civil war. He rarely thinks about his missing childhood, but when seven-year-old Tino discovers his grandfather has never had a birthday party, never blown out candles on a birthday cake, never received a single birthday present, he's determined things should change. And so the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447293033
SKU
V9781447293033
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Diana Rosie
A copywriter by trade, Diana Rosie has created award-winning campaigns for a variety of popular brands, and occasionally helps her filmmaker husband with scriptwriting. After living in Hong Kong, London and Peru, she has finally settled comfortably into a country cottage, where she writes by the range. Alberto's Lost Birthday is her first novel. ... Read more
Reviews for Alberto´s Lost Birthday
Charming . . . A film script surely beckons
The Herald
A fascinating look at Spain's troubled history and a heart-warming intergenerational love story about the bonds of family
Red
A truly moving first novel . . . If you're looking for a feel good book with a difference, this is it. This easy to read ... Read more
The Herald
A fascinating look at Spain's troubled history and a heart-warming intergenerational love story about the bonds of family
Red
A truly moving first novel . . . If you're looking for a feel good book with a difference, this is it. This easy to read ... Read more