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Mud

Mud

by EmilyThomas (Author), Emily Thomas (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

    $3.39
Synopsis

MUD STICKS. AND SO DO LITERARY HEROINES An achingly funny, touching story for anyone who has been thrown in at the deep end. `Smart and funny. It will tug at your heartstrings' Dawn O'Porter It's 1979, and thirteen-year-old Lydia has no idea how she'll cope when her dad announces that the family has to sell up and move onto a Thames sailing barge in Essex. With his girlfriend. And her three kids. Between trying to keep her clothes dry in a leaky cabin, disastrous hair-dye attempts, awkward encounters with local boys, and coping with her suddenly enormous and troublesome family, Lydia fears she'll sink rather than swim . . . At turns heartbreaking and uplifting, through Lydia's innocent and perceptive voice we find out that while the mud may stick, the tide can turn - and in unexpected and joyful ways. Perfect for fans of Louise Rennison, Hilary McKay and Rae Earl

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 416
 Publisher: Andersen Press
Published: 05 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 1783446897
ISBN 13: 9781783446896
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: Lydia's strange family is about to get even odder, now that her father has remarried and moved them all to a poky barge on the Thames estuary. Honest, touching and wryly funny, Mud peeks into Lydia's diary as she tries to make sense of her upside-down life.

Media Reviews
Smart and funny. It will tug at your heartstrings -- Dawn O'Porter
This delectable novel... Historically evocative and full of amusing thoughts, it scoots along with wind in its sails. -- Nicolette Jones * Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week *
This original and tender comic novel is an apparent contradiction: a hugely funny story about grief, parental alcoholism and loneliness -- Imogen Russell Williams * Guardian *
Poignant tale of a teenage diarist and her flaky father.... Lydia's voice - a mixture of protest and reconciliation - is the book's genius. * Daily Telegraph *
Mud is a dark comedy of family implosion and Thomas's evocation of wry, romantic adolescence is impeccable. -- Rowan Pelling * i News *
A searing and touching portrait of a family overwhelmed by grief under the shadows of alcoholism and emotional neglect. A remarkably assured debut, based on the author's own life. -- Sally Morris * Daily Mail *
Equal parts funny and heart-breaking, Lydia's knowing yet naive voice shines through. Think I Capture The Castle set on a boat. -- Sarra Manning * Red Magazine *
Funny and touching * HELLO! *
An unforgettable read, honest, painful, and full of lines and observations to make you laugh out loud... Like the mud that the Lady Beatrice sits on, Mud will stick to readers, it's a book that colours your view of the world as the pages turn. -- Andrea Reece * Books for Keeps, Book of the Week *
Funny, poignant and perfectly-formed, this is a triumph of true-to-life storytelling. -- Joanne Owen * Lovereading4Kids *
The cast is wild and wonderful and I had lots of love for Lydia: what a wistful, fierce narrator. She carries you along, half bemused, half admiring, through her tragi-comic world of teenage kicks. This book is unique. There is nothing quite like it. Mud, glorious Mud! -- Hilary McKay
Author Bio
Emily Thomas was born in London, and has lived there most of her life - except between the ages of 13 and 18 when she lived in Maldon in Essex on board a Thames Sailing Barge, with her family of seven assorted siblings and stepsiblings and two warring cats. Emily also works as an editor of many different kinds of books, including children's and young adult fiction. She now lives in Brixton, with no pets and a lot of books.