Imagine this. Your mother tells you shes going away for two years, and is leaving you with relatives youve never heard of. In a different city. Relatives who, you discover, are members of a closed religious sect. There is no television, no radio, no newspaper. No mirrors. You must wear long, modest clothes and behave in a Godly way. Or else. Oh and they give you a new name. Esther. Escape? Who to? Where? How?
Here is every teenagers nightmare, a gripping psychological thriller set in New Zealand. Kirbys experience of life in a fundamentalist cult is drawn in careful and convincing detail, building to a powerful battle over identity.
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Fleur Beale is a Hamilton-based writer and teacher, who is well-known for her radio stories as well as several novels, including Rockman, Slide the Corner and Fifteen and Screaming.
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Anbieter: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, Neuseeland
Paperback. Zustand: Good. 'Imagine that your mother tells you she's going away. She is going to leave you with relatives you've never heard of - and they are members of a strict religious cult. Your name is changed, and you are forced to follow the severe set of social standards set by the cult. There is no television, no radio, no newspaper. No mirrors. You must wear long, modest clothes. You don't know where your mother is, and you are beginning to question your own identity. I am not Esther is a gripping psychological thriller written by popular children's writer, Fleur Beale. In Esther she creates an enthralling and utterly compelling portrait of a teenager going through her worst nightmare. Shop sticker on front. 160 pages. Artikel-Nr. 1601500
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