The Girl I Wanted to Be: A Novel
Autor Sarah Grace McCandlessen Limba Engleză Paperback – iun 2006
"Can you keep a secret?" Betsi asks Presley, who, at age fourteen, is eager for entrée into the adult world of beauty, attraction, and romance. But as Presley is about to discover, some secrets should never be revealed. Will the illicit thrill of being a trusted confidante, privy to the details of muddled entanglements and incompatible desires, be worth the consequences of guilt by association?
Propelled by the crash of falling idols, The Girl I Wanted to Be is a timeless and true portrait of passion, loss, and hard-won wisdom.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780743285186
ISBN-10: 0743285182
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 140 x 214 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:S&s Trade Pbk.
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10: 0743285182
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 140 x 214 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Ediția:S&s Trade Pbk.
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster
Recenzii
"Touching and heartfelt. Sarah Grace McCandless navigates the minefields of family and adolescence with grce and skill. She's a writer to watch." -- Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries and Queen of Babble
"Sarah Grace McCandless's The Girl I Wanted to Be is a unique coming-of-age story where not only adolescents are growing up, but beautifully flawed adults -- complicated characters whose secrets are revealed with precision and candor, with a deft eye and plenty of heart." -- Lisa Glatt, author of A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That and The Apple's Bruise
"Sarah Grace McCandless's The Girl I Wanted to Be is a unique coming-of-age story where not only adolescents are growing up, but beautifully flawed adults -- complicated characters whose secrets are revealed with precision and candor, with a deft eye and plenty of heart." -- Lisa Glatt, author of A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That and The Apple's Bruise
Descriere
A watchful 14-year-old enjoying the last days of summer soon realizes that nothing is as it appears from a seemingly innocent relationship to the circumstances surrounding a tragic accident. Propelled by the crash of falling idols, schoolgirl crushes, and family trials, this is a timeless and true portrait of passion, loss, and hard-won wisdom.