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Genre/Form: | Young adult fiction Teen fiction Young adult works Fiction Juvenile works Juvenile fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Dowd, Siobhan. Solace of the road. New York : David Fickling Books, 2009 (OCoLC)755290205 |
Material Type: | Fiction, Secondary (senior high) school |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Siobhan Dowd |
ISBN: | 9780375849718 0375849718 9780375949715 0375949712 9780385609722 0385609728 |
OCLC Number: | 270230578 |
Notes: | "A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jacket flap. |
Performer(s): | Read by Sile Bermingham. |
Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
Description: | 260 pages ; 22 cm |
Responsibility: | Siobhan Dowd. |
Abstract:
Memories of Mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. She hates her foster family with their too-nice ways and their false sympathy. And she hates her life, her stupid school and the way everyone is always on at her. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blonde locks she feels transformed.
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"Unexpectedly life affirming, wise and mature" -- Amanda Craig The Times "A memorably touching story with a suitably emotional ending" -- Julia Eccleshare Guardian "Julia Eccleshare" -- Nicholas Tucker Independent "Real, touching, at times gritty, but laced with humour throughout it will delight teenage and adult readers alike" Irish Post "This gritty, realistic novel which deploys Dowd's talent for humour, will appeal to the older teenage reader" Daily Telegraph Read more...
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