My Name Is Leon: Now a Major BBC Two Film - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0241973384 ISBN 13: 9780241973387

Casa editrice: Penguin, 2025

Riassunto

VINCITORE DEL TIMES E DEL BESTSELLER INTERNAZIONALE DELL'IRISH NOVEL PRIZE Presto un importante film della BBC con Sir Lenny Henry, Malachi Kirby, Monica Dolan, Olivia Williams e Christopher Eccleston. È il 1981, un anno di rivolte e matrimoni reali. Hazzard è in TV. I Curly Wurly sono nei negozi. E a cercare un posto in tutto questo c'è Leon, nove anni. Lui e il suo fratellino Jake sono andati a vivere con Maureen. Hanno perso una casa, ma ne hanno trovata un'altra? Maureen li nutre e si prende cura di loro. Ha i capelli rossi e selvaggi e borbotta parolacce sottovoce quando pensa che non possano sentire. Afferma che andrà tutto bene. Ma rivedranno mai la madre? Chi è la coppia che fa visita segretamente a Jake? Tra la violenza di strada e le feste di strada, Leon deve trovare un modo per riunire la sua famiglia. 'Incredibilmente divertente. Equilibra il crudo con il piacevole' Observer 'Vivido e accattivante: un libro molto potente' Emma Healey, autrice del bestseller Elizabeth is Missing 'Autentico e bello, urgente e onesto, questo romanzo fa spazio nel tuo cuore' Chris Cleave, autore del bestseller The Other Hand NELLA CLASSIFICA PER IL COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD E IL DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Kit de Waal, born to an Irish mother and Caribbean father, was brought up among the Irish community of Birmingham in the 60's and 70's. Her debut novel My Name Is Leon was an international bestseller, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for 2017. Her second novel, The Trick to Time, was longlisted for the Women's Prize and her young adult novel Becoming Dinah is shortlisted for the Carnegie CLIP Award 2020. She also crowdfunded and edited an anthology of working class memoir, Common People, which was published in 2018. Kit was named the FutureBook Person of the Year in 2019.

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Kit de Waal, born to an Irish mother and Caribbean father, was brought up among the Irish community of Birmingham in the 60's and 70's. Her debut novel My Name Is Leon was an international bestseller, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, long-listed for the Desmond Elliott Prize and won the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award for 2017.

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Leon is nine, and has a perfect baby brother called Jake. They have gone to live with Maureen, who has fuzzy red hair like a halo, and a belly like Father Christmas. But the adults are speaking in low voices, and wearing Pretend faces. They are threatening to give Jake to strangers. Since Jake is white and Leon is not.

As Leon struggles to cope with his anger, certain things can still make him smile - like Curly Wurlys, riding his bike fast downhill, burying his hands deep in the soil, hanging out with Tufty (who reminds him of his dad), and stealing enough coins so that one day he can rescue Jake and his mum.

Evoking a Britain of the early eighties, My Name is Leon is a heart-breaking story of love, identity and learning to overcome unbearable loss. Of the fierce bond between siblings. And how - just when we least expect it - we manage to find our way home

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0241973384
• ISBN 13: 9780241973387
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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