Unbecoming - Rilegato

Jenny Downham

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1910200646 ISBN 13: 9781910200643

Casa editrice: Faber and Faber, 2015

Riassunto

Three women - three secrets - one heart-stopping story. Katie, seventeen, in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal.Her mother Caroline, uptight, worn out and about to find the past catching up with her. Katie's grandmother, Mary, back with the family after years of mysterious absence and 'capable of anything', despite suffering from Alzheimers. As Katie cares for an elderly woman who brings daily chaos to her life, she finds herself drawn to her. Rules get broken as allegiances shift. Is Mary contagious? Is 'badness' genetic? In confronting the past, Katie is forced to seize the present. As Mary slowly unravels and family secrets are revealed, Katie learns to live and finally dares to love.Funny, sad, honest and wise, Unbecoming is a celebration of life, and learning to honour your own stories.

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Recensione

This life-affirming story about a complicated family...is stunningly told. (The Times Children's Book of the Week)

A rich and complex coming of age story (The Guardian)

Compelling (Independent)

Compassionate, uncliched and involving (Sunday Times)

Rich in detail and tone (Telegraph)

A beautifully drawn portrait ... hugely ambitious in its interwoven examination of sexual identity, family secrets, torn loyalties, and the life-affirming power of breaking away from suffocating conventions (Daily Mail)

This moving tale of three generations of women shouldn't be missed (Closer)

[An] emotional, life-affirming read about identity, desire and the courage it takes for people to be themselves (Woman and Home)

A brilliant read for all ages (Fabulous Magazine)

Unbecoming is beautifully written. It's thoroughly absorbing. It's utterly moving. (The Bookbag)

This book absolutely broke my heart with its incredibly raw truth. (We Love This Book)

This is a moving and funny novel that sensitively examines difficult subjects as well as being an incredibly entertaining and good read. (The Gay UK)

A memorable novel that brings three anti-heroines to life and makes us care about them all. (Candis Magazine)

A beautiful, compelling read (Choose YA)

A celebration of life and learning to honour your own stories (Gransnet)

Downham s third novel offers implicit commentary on the historical and contemporary constraints on young women s lives and their freedom to love with abandon (Horn Book, starred review)

Exceptional (Kirkus, starred review)

Extraordinary (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

A strong choice for thoughtful readers

--School Library Journal, starred review

L'autore

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 would never normally be cast as. It was a perfect apprenticeship for writing. Her first novel, Before I Die, is an international bestseller. It won the Branford Boase Award for most promising debut, the Australian Silver Inky Award for best international novel and was made into the film, Now Is Good. Jenny's second book, You Against Me, won the inaugural Waterstones Teenage Book Prize.

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• Editore: Faber and Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1910200646
• ISBN 13: 9781910200643
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 444