Running Home

by TessaDoran (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $4.40

  Cait and Effie are on holiday with their parents in Cornwall when it happens: the sudden and shocking death of their parents. Distraught, confused and alone they react instinctively and decide to head for home. Running Home is their journey - gripping, eventful, colourful, unexpected and emotional. Throughout their flight their sisterly care for each other and their gentle optimism holds them together. Even childish games become their shared strength as they learn about who to trust,. when to be brave and how to be strong. It's also a coming of age story for twelve year old Cait, the eldest, who comes to understand about responsibility, why things sometimes happen, what real family values mean, and the importance of trust and hope. Running Home is a thrilling children's adventure, but above all it's a loving book, highly readable, heart-warming and rewarding. A journey of the heart - and an outstanding debut novel from a talented new writer from Ireland.