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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... to acknowledge the smile, she closed her eyes again and slept, and dreamed a confusing dream that had people and animals and dancing coloured shapes moving in and out of it. Jess had not expected Nigeria to be this hot. She 11.
... to acknowledge the smile, she closed her eyes again and slept, and dreamed a confusing dream that had people and animals and dancing coloured shapes moving in and out of it. Jess had not expected Nigeria to be this hot. She 11.
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... coloured car, like a paper cut—out. He was looking at her, but in a distracted manner, as if she was something to look at at while he waited for something else. The car rocked downwards as her father loaded his suitcase into the back ...
... coloured car, like a paper cut—out. He was looking at her, but in a distracted manner, as if she was something to look at at while he waited for something else. The car rocked downwards as her father loaded his suitcase into the back ...
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... coloured shirt and shorts, clutching a round, sweet, yeasty bun left over from breakfast, not eating it. He stared at her more than Bose did. She focused once more on the driver, whose name she did not know. If his brother was generally ...
... coloured shirt and shorts, clutching a round, sweet, yeasty bun left over from breakfast, not eating it. He stared at her more than Bose did. She focused once more on the driver, whose name she did not know. If his brother was generally ...
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... coloured hand a pat before announcing that they were leaving. It was falling to dusk by the time they returned, approaching the main house, in which her grandfather reigned from around the back of the compound where Driver had parked ...
... coloured hand a pat before announcing that they were leaving. It was falling to dusk by the time they returned, approaching the main house, in which her grandfather reigned from around the back of the compound where Driver had parked ...
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