Margot & Me
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Hot Key Books
Published:26th Jan '17
Should be back in stock very soon
How can you hate someone in the present and love them in the past?
Nominated for the Carnegie CILIP Medal 2018
Shortlisted for the Lancashire Libraries Book of the Year 2018
Life on the farm is tough and life at school is even tougher, so when Fliss unearths Margot's wartime diary, she sees an opportunity to get her own back.
But Fliss soon discovers Margot's life during the evacuation was full of adventure, mystery .
Fliss's mum needs peace and quiet to recuperate from a long illness, so they both move to the countryside to live with Margot, Fliss's stern and bullying grandmother. Life on the farm is tough and life at school is even tougher, so when Fliss unearths Margot's wartime diary, she sees an opportunity to get her own back.
But Fliss soon discovers Margot's life during the evacuation was full of adventure, mystery . . . and even passion. What's more, she learns a terrible secret that could tear her whole family apart . . .
Beautiful, moving and witty * Cecilia Ahern, author of P.S. I Love You *
Completely captivating and full of emotion * Lisa Williamson, author of The Art of Being Normal *
Witty, intriguing and heartwarming * Non Pratt, author of Trouble *
Dawson deftly intertwines stories from two generations to make an immensely readable whole...Dawson's understanding of adolescence and her attention to the details of different periods bring both protagonists stories sharply into focus and provide a satisfying emotional core, while a large cast and a busy plot drive the story along at a cracking pace. * Julia Eccleshare in The Observer *
A family drama set in the not-so-far-away 1990s leadsto profound insights into our relationship with history when Fliss illicitly readsher grandmother Margot's Second World War diaries. Margot was once much likeher granddaughter: a bright, bossy, fashion-conscious young Londoner adjustingto life in rural Wales after a catastrophe . . . An account of Margot'spersonal losses make the wartime death toll real to Fliss, while the wise butspiky grandparent finds it easier to build bridges on paper than in person * Guardian *
ISBN: 9781471406089
Dimensions: 198mm x 131mm x 26mm
Weight: 306g
416 pages