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Losing Face
Annie Try
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Description for Losing Face
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Losing Face takes the form of Word documents, interspersed with emails. It covers the accident and recovery of Cass, who sustains terrible facial injuries in a car crash, including the loss of an eye. Her friend Em supports her throughout and the two very different girls struggle in their own ways to cope as Cass undergoes surgery, eventually returning to a mixed reception in school. Throughout the story, friendship and values are challenged, particularly through Cass's relationships with her mother and with her boyfriend, Spider. Courage is redefined and the triumphant final chapters celebrate that life is worth living. ... Read more
Losing Face takes the form of Word documents, interspersed with emails. It covers the accident and recovery of Cass, who sustains terrible facial injuries in a car crash, including the loss of an eye. Her friend Em supports her throughout and the two very different girls struggle in their own ways to cope as Cass undergoes surgery, eventually returning to a mixed reception in school. Throughout the story, friendship and values are challenged, particularly through Cass's relationships with her mother and with her boyfriend, Spider. Courage is redefined and the triumphant final chapters celebrate that life is worth living. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780991191
SKU
V9781780991191
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Ref
99-15
About Annie Try
Annie Try's background as a clinical psychologist and writer for the Creative Therapy series has informed her writing of fiction. Annie lives in West Norfolk but is originally from Kent.
Reviews for Losing Face
This is a skilfully-constructed novel about friendship and surviving terrible facial injuries ... It is an optimistic, even uplifting piece. It has a well-defined shape and trajectory, and this novel succeeds in what it sets out to do: to explain and understand what happens when someone suffers this kind of adversity. The two girls are very well characterised - from ... Read more