Fossils - Couverture souple

Alison Armstrong

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1913393364 ISBN 13 : 9781913393366

Editeur : Saraband, 2022

Synopsis

'Compelling. The prose bubbles and snaps with an energy that’s as changeable as its teen protagonist … a stunning, important novel about poverty and hopelessness, compassion and resilience.' Emily Devane

When twelve-year-old Sherrie-Lee witnesses a failed bank robbery in her neglected town, she seizes an opportunity to claim a new identity for herself. Escaping her troubled home life, she tries out a new name and invents stories and personas to cover her tracks.

Sherrie-Lee finds both possibility and loneliness in this new freedom, as well as an unusual friendship which she nurtures. But harsh realities close in, and she’s plagued with foreboding – from her vulnerable brother at home to the climate crisis. While she dreams of a kinder world, it won’t be long before her own deceits start catching up with her.

This arresting debut challenges assumptions and captures the powerless yearning of adolescence with a voice that is fresh, magnetic and often funny – one that pulls you in and won’t let go.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alison Armstrong is a writer of prose and plays. She grew up in the North of England and has worked as a cleaner, waitress, painter and teacher, as well as developing her writing career. She won a Northern Writers' Award for short fiction in 2017, a Literature Matters Award from the Royal Society of Literature in 2020 and an award from Arts Council England in 2021. Her poems, essays, and short stories have been published in magazines and journals. Fossils is her first book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Saraband
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1913393364
• ISBN 13: 9781913393366
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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