The Way Things Look To Me - Couverture souple

Farooki, Roopa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330475428 ISBN 13 : 9780330475426

Editeur : Macmillan Children's Books, 2009

Synopsis

Yasmin is special. An autistic teenager with high-performing Aspergers, she has near magical abilities with regard to memory and mathematics but little understanding of how she has affected her older brother and sister, who suffered from emotional neglect as they were never given the time or attention that they also needed.

Lila has been competing for attention against her damaged, special little sister for almost as long as she can remember. She attributes almost every bad thing in her life to her sister’s existence: her debilitating stress-related eczema, her failing career, and her string of emotionally stunted relationships. Then she finally meets someone who can help her understand that many of her problems, however unpleasant they are, are only skin deep.

Asif; older and therefore, supposedly, wiser than his younger sisters is forced to take responsibility for Yasmin when their mother passes away. He can't help thinking, with agonies of guilt, how much easier life would be if she had never been born. He wishes that he was special and gifted like Yasmin, he wishes that he was outrageous and alive like Lila - he wishes he was loved.

A touching, humorous story of three siblings trying to reconcile with life, their dreams and each other...

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Roopa Farooki was born in Lahore in Pakistan, and brought up in London. She graduated from New College, Oxford in 1995 and worked in advertising before turning to write fiction. Her debut novel Bitter Sweets was shortlisted for the 2007 Orange New Writers Award. She now lives in south-west France with her husband and two young sons.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Macmillan Children's Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330475428
• ISBN 13: 9780330475426
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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