Life [electronic resource] : An Exploded Diagram
Peet, Mal2011
eBook
A brilliant coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of the Cold War and events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Clem Ackroyd lives with his parents and grandmother in a claustrophobic home too small to accommodate their larger-than-life characters in the bleak Norlfolk countryside. Clem's life changes irrevocably when he meets Frankie, the daughter of a wealthy farmer, and experiences first love, in all its pain and glory. The story is told in flashback by Clem when he is living and working in New York City as a designer, and moves from the past of his parents and grandmother to his own teenage years. Not only the threat of explosions, but actual ones as well, feature throughout in this latest novel from one of the finest writers working today.
Main title:
Author:
Peet, Mal, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Walker Books, 2011
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
Reading grade level: 3-4
Biography/History:
The Branford-Boase Award-winning author of Keeper, its sequel The Penalty, and Tamar, which won the Carnegie Medal.
ISBN:
9781406335729
Language:
English
BRN:
376742