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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... things. So she kept her eyes on the ground, which pretty much stayed the same. Then the grown-up would say: 'What's the matter, Jess? Why are you sad?' And she'd have to explain that she wasn't sad, just tired, though how she could be ...
... things. So she kept her eyes on the ground, which pretty much stayed the same. Then the grown-up would say: 'What's the matter, Jess? Why are you sad?' And she'd have to explain that she wasn't sad, just tired, though how she could be ...
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... things like this. She'd heard her say lots of times, in lowered tones, that maybe it wasn't right for Jessamy to play by herself so much, that it wasn't right that she seemed to have nothing to say for herself. In Nigeria, her mother ...
... things like this. She'd heard her say lots of times, in lowered tones, that maybe it wasn't right for Jessamy to play by herself so much, that it wasn't right that she seemed to have nothing to say for herself. In Nigeria, her mother ...
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Helen Oyeyemi. strong, and so suspicious of people that he liked to do things for himself to make sure that they were done properly. He would have grey hair, like her English grandfather, but his hair would be springy and less silver ...
Helen Oyeyemi. strong, and so suspicious of people that he liked to do things for himself to make sure that they were done properly. He would have grey hair, like her English grandfather, but his hair would be springy and less silver ...
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... things that Jess's mum had told her had happened weren't true, as if it had been just yesterday that he had sent her to England to go to university, not fifteen years ago, a period of time in which she, Sarah, had properly grown up, and ...
... things that Jess's mum had told her had happened weren't true, as if it had been just yesterday that he had sent her to England to go to university, not fifteen years ago, a period of time in which she, Sarah, had properly grown up, and ...
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... things that make no sense. There is no other way that someone could be so very stubborn, and not pay.' Not daring to look up, Jess reached out on impulse and touched part of the trouser embroidery. 'I sent her to learn medicine in ...
... things that make no sense. There is no other way that someone could be so very stubborn, and not pay.' Not daring to look up, Jess reached out on impulse and touched part of the trouser embroidery. 'I sent her to learn medicine in ...
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