by KarenFoxlee (Author)
In a dusty Queensland town, something terrible has happened.Amongst broken bottles and cigarette butts at the foot of a water tower, a girl with blonde hair lies as if sleeping. Jennifer Day has lost her sister and her singing voice, and doesn't know how to find either of them. Her father and mother move under a spell, and a dark silence lives in the space that fiery, rebellious Beth has left behind her. To recover her voice, Jennifer must retrace her sister's last steps, weeding out childish mementoes from disturbingly adult memories. As she learns about the last year of her sister's short but eventful life, she slowly begins to cross the threshold from childhood into adolescence - taking flight even as her family slowly falls apart.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Main
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 01 Jan 2010
ISBN 10: 1843549247
ISBN 13: 9781843549246
Book Overview: A powerful and touching coming-of-age story set in the Australian outback. 'There are shades of The Lovely Bones and The Virgin Suicides in this luminous depiction of an Australian family's shock and grief at the sudden death of a 14-year-old girl.' Guardian