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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... hear the back door all day.' Jessamy started a little. 'What?' Her mum let go of her, shook her head, laughed. Then she said, 'How would you like for us to go to Nigeria?' Jess, still distracted, found herself asking: 'Who?' Sarah ...
... hear the back door all day.' Jessamy started a little. 'What?' Her mum let go of her, shook her head, laughed. Then she said, 'How would you like for us to go to Nigeria?' Jess, still distracted, found herself asking: 'Who?' Sarah ...
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... hear her skin blistering, could almost feel it, and she tried to outscream the sound. She could hear herself. She felt other people looking, heard people stirring, muttering, and felt good to be making this sharp, screeching, hurting ...
... hear her skin blistering, could almost feel it, and she tried to outscream the sound. She could hear herself. She felt other people looking, heard people stirring, muttering, and felt good to be making this sharp, screeching, hurting ...
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... hear her breath coming faster than usual, feel the flat tightening at the bottom of her stomach. She tried desperately to quash it. She couldn't, wouldn't, mustn't, start screaming at her grandfather. He was not like her English ...
... hear her breath coming faster than usual, feel the flat tightening at the bottom of her stomach. She tried desperately to quash it. She couldn't, wouldn't, mustn't, start screaming at her grandfather. He was not like her English ...
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... with the framed map of Africa on the painted but peeling wall opposite her, the bronze, lion—shaped clock, the shapes chasing each other around the neck and sleeves of Aunty Funke's well-fitting houhoa. She could faintly hear the sound 22.
... with the framed map of Africa on the painted but peeling wall opposite her, the bronze, lion—shaped clock, the shapes chasing each other around the neck and sleeves of Aunty Funke's well-fitting houhoa. She could faintly hear the sound 22.
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Helen Oyeyemi. Aunty Funke's well-fitting houhoa. She could faintly hear the sound of her cousins playing out front, the younger ones shrieking over the sound of a ball going smack smack smack against the concrete of the floor. Her aunt ...
Helen Oyeyemi. Aunty Funke's well-fitting houhoa. She could faintly hear the sound of her cousins playing out front, the younger ones shrieking over the sound of a ball going smack smack smack against the concrete of the floor. Her aunt ...
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