The Icarus GirlBloomsbury Publishing, 10.05.2013 - 288 Seiten 'This is a beautiful, haunting story of precocious eight-year-old Jessamy ... This compelling tale of folklore and cultural differences is sure to top the bestseller lists' Daily Mail 'A moving study of alienation' Guardian 'An astonishing achievement' Sunday Telegraph _______________ Jessamy Harrison is eight years old. Sensitive, whimsical, possessed of a powerful imagination, she spends hours writing, reading or simply hiding in the dark warmth of the airing cupboard. As the half-and-half child of an English father and a Nigerian mother, Jess just can't shake off the feeling of being alone wherever she goes, and other kids are wary of her terrified fits of screaming. When she is taken to her mother's family compound in Nigeria, she encounters Titiola, a ragged little girl her own age. It seems that at last Jess has found someone who will understand her. TillyTilly knows secrets both big and small. But as she shows Jess just how easy it is to hurt those around her, Jess begins to realise that she doesn't know who TillyTilly is at all. |
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... Jess sat up, trying to gauge the situation. She was getting good at this. 'Yeah,' she said hesitantly. 'Then Why didn't you answer?' 'Sorry, Mummy.' Her mother Waited, and Jessamy's brow wrinkled as she scanned her face, perplexed. An ...
... Jess sat up, trying to gauge the situation. She was getting good at this. 'Yeah,' she said hesitantly. 'Then Why didn't you answer?' 'Sorry, Mummy.' Her mother Waited, and Jessamy's brow wrinkled as she scanned her face, perplexed. An ...
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... Jess spent six hours spread untidily across her bedroom floor, chin in hand, motionless except for the movement of ... sat staring at her shoes and the way they sat quietly beside each other, occasionally clicking their heels together or ...
... Jess spent six hours spread untidily across her bedroom floor, chin in hand, motionless except for the movement of ... sat staring at her shoes and the way they sat quietly beside each other, occasionally clicking their heels together or ...
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... sat an immense woman wearing the most fantastical traditional dress she had ... Jess called it eero ahty booby whenever she tried to imitate her mum's ... Jess run her fingers over the beautiful stitching, often gold, silver or a tinselly ...
... sat an immense woman wearing the most fantastical traditional dress she had ... Jess called it eero ahty booby whenever she tried to imitate her mum's ... Jess run her fingers over the beautiful stitching, often gold, silver or a tinselly ...
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... Jess smile as she sat waiting with everyone else, looking at this woman, who stared back at her, her small eyes squinting out from their folds of flesh, the fluorescent lighting giving her skin an odd, flat finish, as if the dark brown ...
... Jess smile as she sat waiting with everyone else, looking at this woman, who stared back at her, her small eyes squinting out from their folds of flesh, the fluorescent lighting giving her skin an odd, flat finish, as if the dark brown ...
Seite 10
... Jess sat still, her eyes following the two air hostesses up and down the aisles. Beside her, she felt her father's heavy, musky-smelling presence, the weight of his arm pressing along hers, heard his shallow breathing as he slept. An ...
... Jess sat still, her eyes following the two air hostesses up and down the aisles. Beside her, she felt her father's heavy, musky-smelling presence, the weight of his arm pressing along hers, heard his shallow breathing as he slept. An ...
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