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"Kerrie Ann's strident voice sounds authentic; her plight compelling and affecting - Independent on Sunday
Monaghan's novel is direct and deceptively simple. In spite of the suffering there are surprising touches of humour and tenderness that bloom like flowers on asphalt - Frank Egerton, The Times
A shocking glimpse of Nottingham gangland - Christina Patterson, Independent
A gripping tale about how easily a life can spiral out of control - Russell Leadbetter, Glasgow Evening Times
Incredibly impressive debut novel" (Independent on Sunday)
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Five-year-old Kerrie-Ann Hill has an unusual neighbour. Mrs Ivanovich collects butterflies - she shows Kerrie-Ann how to catch them, how to take care of them, and even, with a jar and some strange-smelling liquid, how to kill them. Kerrie-Ann loves looking at these beautiful, delicate creatures in their cases, and imagining them flying free...
This is Kerrie-Ann's story. She doesn't know who her father is, and her mother is a junkie. By the age of 10, she's sent out to sell drugs in school playgrounds. By the age of 12, she's been beaten up by a customer, hidden stolen guns in the dump behind the estate, done time in a girls' home, and already has a taste for whizz. And then there's Mark.... her only true friend and the one person she can really trust. Their friendship turns into a powerful love and together they are invincible, riding the euphoric highs of the 80s rave scene. But in their world of dealing and violence, addictions become all-consuming and it's easy to lose control. On this drug-riddled estate with an atmosphere as lethal as the killing jar of the title, it seems that Kerrie-Ann doesn't stand a chance. Unless she can make use of what Mrs Ivanovich taught her all those years ago.
In this truly outstanding first novel, Nicola Monaghan has created a scary, unforgettable and original voice in a character who tells her story straight, with courage and control and without self-pity. She perfectly recreates the bleakness, the surreal violence of this world, but makes it human, and shows that love and hope can exist in the most poisoned places.
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- VerlagChatto & Windus
- Erscheinungsdatum2006
- ISBN 10 070117983X
- ISBN 13 9780701179830
- EinbandTapa blanda
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten288
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