How I Live Now meets Exodus – a startling YA dystopia that imagines London as the epicentre of the refugee crisis, from critically acclaimed author Clare Furniss.
Clare Furniss Boeken
Deze auteur duikt in de diepten van de menselijke psyche en onderzoekt de complexiteit van interpersoonlijke relaties. Haar werken kenmerken zich door een scherp inzicht in de motivaties van personages en meesterlijke taal die de lezer naar het hart van het verhaal trekt. Door zorgvuldig gecomponeerde scènes en emotioneel geladen dialogen ontdekt ze universele waarheden over liefde, verlies en de zoektocht naar zingeving in het leven. Haar schrijven nodigt uit tot reflectie en laat een blijvende indruk achter bij de lezer.
A secret past. An uncertain future. An unforgettable journey that will reveal them both.
I always thought you'd know, somehow, if something terrible was going to happen. I thought you'd sense it, like when the air goes damp and heavy before a storm and you know you'd better hide yourself away somewhere safe until it all blows over. But it turns out it's not like that at all. There's no scary music playing in the background like in films. No warning signs. Not even a lonely magpie. One for sorrow, Mum used to say. Quick, look for another. The world can tip at any moment - a fact that fifteen-year-old Pearl is all too aware of when her Mum dies after giving birth to her baby sister. Told across the year following her mother's death, Pearl's story is full of bittersweet humour and heartbreaking honesty about how you deal with grief that cuts you to the bone, as she tries not only to come to terms with losing her Mum, but also the fact that her sister - The Rat - is a constant reminder of why her Mum is no longer around.
