Unbecoming
Format:Paperback
Publisher:David Fickling Books
Published:26th May '16
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A new and truly powerful novel from internationally bestselling Jenny Downham, author of Before I Die.
Katie's life is falling apart: her mum's controlling, her dad's run off, she's in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal and now her estranged grandmother's turned up on the doorstep and Katie's expected to take care of her. Soon Katie discovers she's not the only one in her family hiding the truth. If she's going to get her life back together, she's going to have to expose everyone's deepest secrets - including her own.
This life-affirming story about a complicated family . . . is stunningly told * The Times Children's Book of the Week *
This is a beautifully drawn portrait of three generations of women, hugely ambitious in its interwoven examination of sexual identity, family secrets, torn loyalties, family secrets, torn loyalties and the life-affirming power of breaking away from suffocating conventions * Daily Mail *
This moving tale of three generations of women shouldn't be missed * Closer *
- Short-listed for YA Book Prize 2016
- Short-listed for The People’s Book Prize 2016 (UK)
- Long-listed for BASH (Book Awards St Helen’s) 2017 (UK)
- Long-listed for Redbridge Children’s Book Award 2016 (UK)
ISBN: 9781910989029
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 27mm
Weight: 309g
448 pages