Unbecoming

Author: Jenny Downham

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  • : $16.99 AUD
  • : 9781910989029
  • : David Fickling Books
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  • : June 2016
  • : 1.25000mm X 5.00000mm X 7.75000mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 16.99
  • : September 2016
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  • : Jenny Downham
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  • : Paperback
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  • : English
  • : 823.92 Fic
  • : Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
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Barcode 9781910989029
9781910989029

Description

Three women. Three generations. Three secrets. Katie's life is falling apart: her best friend thinks she's a freak, her mother, Caroline, controls every aspect of her life, and her estranged grandmother, Mary, appears as if out of nowhere. Mary has dementia and needs lots of care, and when Katie starts putting together Mary's life story, secrets and lies are uncovered: Mary's illegitimate baby, her zest for life and freedom and men; the way she lived her life to the full yet suffered huge sacrifices along the way. As the relationship between Mary and Caroline is explored, Katie begins to understand her own mother's behavior, and from that insight, the terrors about her sexuality, her future, and her younger brother are all put into perspective. Funny, sad, honest, and wise, this powerful multigenerational novel from international bestseller Jenny Downham celebrates life like no book before.

Author description

Jenny Downham trained as anactor and worked in alternative theatre before starting to write.Her first book, Before I Die, is an international bestseller. It won the Branford Boase Award, the Australian Silver Inky Award for best international novel, and was short-listed for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Her second novel, You Against Me, won the Waterstones Teen Fiction Prize. Jenny lives in London.