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By (author) Downham Jenny; By (author) Hill, Louis
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An extraordinary novel by mother and son authors Jenny Downham and Louis Hill. This is a searing, powerful and ultimately uplifting exploration of journeying through grief.
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Leah and Charlie are handling their family”s loss in very different ways. Their choices push them down difficult and perilous paths which eventually collide, sending shockwaves through their community. This astounding, compulsive novel explores love, power, money, art, and asks: what matters most in the end?
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Powerful . . . compassionate, wise and fierce
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An extraordinary book, tenderly told. There is so much loss, beauty, hope and care in its pages. I read it all at once, but it will stay with me for a very long time to come
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A nuanced, compelling and ultimately hopeful story of flawed relationships, family grief and the power of art, all with characters I could swear I”ve met in real life!
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A compassionate, tenderly told family drama, with complex, nuanced characters at its heart
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Terrific
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Wise, gripping and skilfully told . . . It gives permission to rage when fury is warranted
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Piercingly well-observed . . . a masterpiece of shame and desire
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A painfully enthralling, fiercely feminist account of emotional abuse and appropriate rage
Biographical note:
Jenny Downham”s first novel, Before I Die, is an international bestseller. It won the Branford Boase Award, the Australian Silver Inky Award for best international novel, was shortlisted for the Guardian Children”s Fiction Prize and was made into the blockbuster film, Now Is Good. Jenny”s second book, You Against Me, won the inaugural Waterstones Teenage Book Prize, and her third novel, Unbecoming, was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and won the Stonewall Honor Award from the American Library Association. Her fourth novel, Furious Thing, was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and the Costa Book Awards. Louis Hill is a writer and actor. As an actor, his credits include a wide variety of stage, screen and voiceover work. As a writer, he has written a number of plays and short films including his one-man show, Love & Tigers, which opened to sell out audiences and 5-star reviews for a limited run at the Hen and Chickens theatre. His short stories have been featured in a number of publications and have placed in several competitions. Let the Light In is his debut novel.
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An extraordinary novel by mother-and-son authors Jenny Downham and Louis Hill. This is a searing, powerful, ultimately uplifting exploration of journeying through grief.
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