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Islanders - Softcover

Thomas, Cathy

 
9780349016252: Islanders
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0349016259 ISBN 13: 9780349016252
Verlag: Virago, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

A gritty, beautiful and darkly funny book of linked stories covering twenty years in the lives of a group of intertwined people on the island of Guernsey.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Cathy Thomas grew up in the South West of England and Guernsey. She now lives in London. Her short fiction has appeared in publications including the Stinging Fly, Banshee and Litro. She has an MA in playwriting and was selected for the 2014/5 Jerwood/Arvon Mentoring Scheme as a dramatist.

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'A beautiful and darkly funny book of linked stories covering two decades in the lives of a group of people' Belfast Telegraph


Annie needs to lose her virginity, so she's waiting in a car park for Paul.

Paul needs drugs for the party, but he's got to keep an eye on his sister, Josie.

Josie needs a father figure. Or that's how it seems to her driving instructor, Neil.

Eva needs to get away from the island. She could do without bumping into the school bully, Kat.

Claire needs to drink herself into the mood for the hen do. But she's been betrayed by her childhood friend, Becky. And she can't stop thinking about what's happened to her sister, Kat...



'Witty, gritty... A poetic portrait of Guernsey's grubby underside' Daily Mail

'Thomas writes with compassion and humanity' Hannah Beckerman, Observer

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Verlag
Virago
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0349016259
ISBN 13 
9780349016252
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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