The No1 Ethical retailer for Books, CD’s, DVD’s & Games
30 Day Refund Guarantee

Breathing Underwater

Breathing Underwater

by JuliaGreen (Author)

  • New

    Paperback 2012

    $8.82
Synopsis

Freya has come to visit her grandparents who live on a remote island. Last year she visited them with her brother - but last year her brother died alone in a boating accident. Whilst back on the island, Freya finds a way, with the calming presence of her grandparents and the gentle care and attention of the people around her, to adjust to the fact that her brother has gone, and that life - and love - are still vibrantly in the air. A perfect coming of age for any young girl just tipping into teenhood.

$8.82

Quantity

1 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 224
 Edition: Original
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 22 May 2012
ISBN 10: 1408819554
ISBN 13: 9781408819555
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: A beautifully written, coming-of-age summery novel that will take this established author to a new level

Media Reviews
Excellent story . . . from an author who, notably, has written unpatronisingly and sensitively about teenager's feelings * The Bookseller *
Tremendously moving . . . there's a real romantic animism about the book that will appeal greatly to teenage girls . . . both thought-provoking and reassuring, and it comes very much recommended by me * thebookbag.co.uk *
Elegiacally, and with great pathos and skill, Green charts a girl's passage from innocence to experience, from grief to acceptance * Financial Times *
The strong sense of place and season, together with Freya's own burgeoning sense of self, gives the book its unique flavour . . . Never has that sun-soaked, salt-crusted sense of teenage summer well-being been better described * Mary Hoffman, Guardian *
Author Bio
Julia Green is the main tutor the MA in Creative Writing for Young People at Bath Spa, and has had three novels published by Puffin. This is her first for Bloomsbury. Julia lives in Bath.