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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... laughed. Then she said, 'How would you like for us to go to Nigeria?' Jess, still distracted, found herself asking: 'Who?' Sarah laughed. 'Us! You, me and Daddy!' Jess felt stupid. 'Ohhhhh,' she said. 'In an aeroplane?' Her mum, who was ...
... laughed. Then she said, 'How would you like for us to go to Nigeria?' Jess, still distracted, found herself asking: 'Who?' Sarah laughed. 'Us! You, me and Daddy!' Jess felt stupid. 'Ohhhhh,' she said. 'In an aeroplane?' Her mum, who was ...
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... back, and she heard his shoes clicking on the white paving as he began to walk around the car. She carried on looking at the man who had laughed. She even pressed her fingers against the dusty window and brought her 15.
... back, and she heard his shoes clicking on the white paving as he began to walk around the car. She carried on looking at the man who had laughed. She even pressed her fingers against the dusty window and brought her 15.
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... laughed was out of sight and they were moving down a seemingly interminable length of road. Her mum paused in her conversation with the cab driver. 'Jess?' 'What does oh-yee—bo mean?' Her mum twisted around in her seat, looking puzzled ...
... laughed was out of sight and they were moving down a seemingly interminable length of road. Her mum paused in her conversation with the cab driver. 'Jess?' 'What does oh-yee—bo mean?' Her mum twisted around in her seat, looking puzzled ...
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... laughed. Her father, standing slightly outside the circle, smiled encoura— gingly at her. Her grandfather held out a hand. His hands were big and square, spade—like, the palms deeply etched and callused. She took a step towards him ...
... laughed. Her father, standing slightly outside the circle, smiled encoura— gingly at her. Her grandfather held out a hand. His hands were big and square, spade—like, the palms deeply etched and callused. She took a step towards him ...
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... laughed. 'I was saying “mmmmm” because you called me,' she protested. 'Even then, it's “Yes, grandfather” . . . I mean, what is this “mmmm”?' Jess gave up. 'I don't know what my mother did.' (Yoa're going to tell me and she's going to ...
... laughed. 'I was saying “mmmmm” because you called me,' she protested. 'Even then, it's “Yes, grandfather” . . . I mean, what is this “mmmm”?' Jess gave up. 'I don't know what my mother did.' (Yoa're going to tell me and she's going to ...
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