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First Time

First Time

by Lara Harte (Author)

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    Paperback 1997

    $4.23

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    Paperback 1996

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Synopsis

Pretty, middle-class Cassandra is a bit of a misfit in her respectable Dublin girls' school, until she meets Emma, from the wrong side of the tracks, who intoduces her to a life on the wild side, 'dossing' and drinking..."First Time is a refreshing and moving novel" Sarah Francis, Times Literary Supplement "A gripping portrayal of a fifteen-year-old girl stumbling, unprepared, into an adult world...extremely well written ...it has a deeply genuine feel to it" Carolyn Hart, Financial Times "Harte has got it absolutely right. It's raw, slightly grubby, and spectacularlywell-observed' Christie Hickman, Midweek

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 06 Jan 1997
ISBN 10: 1857998367
ISBN 13: 9781857998368
Book Overview: Exceptional first novel by twenty-year-old Irish author A touching novel which brilliantly recreates the anxiety, loneliness and sheer excitement of the teenage years Harte conveys the desperate earnestness of it all...There is a concentrated skill and a conviction in the voice Maggie Traugott, Independent on Sunday A well-observed and beautifully written debut Caitlin Moran, Mail on Sunday

Author Bio
Lara Harte was born in Dublin in 1975. She began her first novel, First Time, at the age of seventeen. It was published by Phoenix House in 1996. She has since published two novels, Losing It and Wild Geese. She lives in Dublin.