Viaduct Child

by PatrickWood (Author)

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  Paperback
  2003

  $3.22

  Dushma is unregistered, something she's lived with for as long as she can remember. It means she isn't real, she counts for nothing. She can't go to school, or a hospital, or travel on public transport. She spends her days exploring London: backstreets, alleys, churches - and particularly the cathedral. It fascinates her, filled with shadowed corners and intriguing stories. Dushma has a story of her own, but it's one she doesn't know. For now she has the security of her home in the viaduct, and the dangerous charity of Auntie Megan, her only guardian. Wandering among the grim concrete pillars of a multi-storey car park, Dushma finds another misfit. Alison seems to be her opposite, a knowing rebel, full of dazzling stories of the life that Dushma is excluded from. Safe up in the viaduct, Alison's tales of adventure seem unreal. But circumstances can change with frightening speed.

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  Paperback
  2005

  $11.73

  Dushma lives with her aunt in several cavernous brick rooms hundreds of steps above the city. Because she is unregistered, Dushma spends most of her time watching the people far below or walking the streets. She can't go to school, can't use the underground, can't earn any money. In fact, Dushma may as well not exist...Except, she does exist, and they've found out - and now Dushma's on the run. From whom, she doesn't know. All she knows is that she must find somewhere new to hide. And in the electrical labyrinth hundreds of feet under London's streets, a place where Dushma's not permitted to set foot, she thinks she's found the perfect place to disappear...

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $4.65

  Dushma lives with her aunt in several cavernous brick rooms hundreds of steps above the city. People swarm around the base of the viaduct's pillars, perilously far below. Dushma spends most of her time watching them, or walking the streets. She isn't registered, so there isn't much else for her to do.can't go to school, can't use the underground, can't earn any money. In fact, Dushma may as well not exist. Except, she does exist, and they've foundout-and now Dushma's on the run. From whom, she does'nt know. Allshe knows is, she must find somewhere new to hide. And in the electrical labyrinth hundreds of feet under London's streets, a place where ordinarily, Dushma's not allowed to set foot, she thinks she's found the perfect place to disappear.