Unbecoming [electronic resource]
Downham, Jenny2015
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Three women – three secrets – one heart-stopping story. Katie, seventeen, in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal. Her mother Caroline, uptight, worn out and about to find the past catching up with her. Katie's grandmother, Mary, back with the family after years of mysterious absence and 'capable of anything', despite suffering from Alzheimers. As Katie cares for an elderly woman who brings daily chaos to her life, she finds herself drawn to her. Rules get broken as allegiances shift. Is Mary contagious? Is 'badness' genetic? In confronting the past, Katie is forced to seize the present. As Mary slowly unravels and family secrets are revealed, Katie learns to live and finally dares to love. Funny, sad, honest and wise, Unbecoming is a celebration of life, and learning to honour your own stories.
Main title:
Unbecoming [electronic resource] / Jenny Downham
Author:
Downham, Jenny, Author
Work:
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : David Fickling Books Ltd, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 3
Biography/History:
Jenny Downham trained as an actor and worked in alternative theatre before starting to write. Her first book, Before I Die, is an international bestseller. It won the Branford Boase Award, the Australian Silver Inky Award for best international novel, and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Her second novel, You Against Me, won the Waterstones Teen Fiction Prize. Jenny lives in London.
Awards:
Stonewall Honor Book Award (American Library Association)
ISBN:
9781910200735
Language:
English
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BRN:
358219