All the Good Things
Autor Clare Fisheren Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 apr 2018
Twenty-one year old Beth is in prison. The thing she did is so bad she doesn't deserve ever to feel good again.
But her counsellor, Erika, won't give up on her. She asks Beth to make a list of all the good things in her life. So Beth starts to write down her story, from sharing silences with Foster Dad No. 1, to flirting in the Odeon on Orange Wednesdays, to the very first time she sniffed her baby's head.
But at the end of her story, Beth must confrontthe bad thing.
What is the truth hiding behind her crime? And does anyone - even a 100% bad person - deserve a chance to be good?
'Heartfelt, heartbreaking, and genuinely joyous' Francis Spufford, author ofGolden Hill
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780241978115
ISBN-10: 0241978114
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0241978114
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.17 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Clare
Fisherwas
born
in
Tooting,
south
London
in
1987.
After
accidentally
getting
obsessed
with
writing
fiction
when
she
should
have
been
studying
for
a
BA
in
History
at
the
University
of
Oxford,
Clare
completed
an
MA
in
Creative
and
Life
Writing
at
Goldsmiths
College,
University
of
London,
and
now
works
as
a
bookseller
in
Leeds.
An
avid
observer
of
the
diverse
area
of
south
London
in
which
she
grew
up,
Clare's
writing
is
inspired
by
her
long-standing
interest
in
social
exclusion
and
the
particular
ways
in
which
it
affects
vulnerable
women
and
girls.All
The
Good
Thingsis
her
first
novel.
Recenzii
Heartfelt,
heartbreaking,
and
genuinely
joyous
Compassionate and beautifully written
A funny and hopeful story... Clare writes with compassion and insight
I raced through this beautiful novel, which oscillates between pain and hope, anger and joy. An important novel which celebrates the fact that good things exist inside every person, no matter how ignored or hidden.
A heartbreaking, vital and seamless insight into a life that might otherwise be ignored or judged. The voice of Bethany is perfect - compelling, whip-smart and deeply affecting.
Clare Fisher's novel addresses poverty, fear, and desperation. The protagonist, Beth, must fight for every good thing in her life. She has grown up in foster care and has no friends or family to protect her when she moves London. In many ways, it is a novel about loneliness and isolation. Yet throughout there is an indomitable love. It is a book that burns with compassion, both Beth's and Fisher's. The reader is left with the desire to find whatever resources of empathy they have and to live with greater kindness.
A moving, compassionate account of someone struggling hard for redemption
A sparky and unsettling debut
Compassionate and beautifully written
A funny and hopeful story... Clare writes with compassion and insight
I raced through this beautiful novel, which oscillates between pain and hope, anger and joy. An important novel which celebrates the fact that good things exist inside every person, no matter how ignored or hidden.
A heartbreaking, vital and seamless insight into a life that might otherwise be ignored or judged. The voice of Bethany is perfect - compelling, whip-smart and deeply affecting.
Clare Fisher's novel addresses poverty, fear, and desperation. The protagonist, Beth, must fight for every good thing in her life. She has grown up in foster care and has no friends or family to protect her when she moves London. In many ways, it is a novel about loneliness and isolation. Yet throughout there is an indomitable love. It is a book that burns with compassion, both Beth's and Fisher's. The reader is left with the desire to find whatever resources of empathy they have and to live with greater kindness.
A moving, compassionate account of someone struggling hard for redemption
A sparky and unsettling debut