Disconnected

Sherry Ashworth (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2009
Harpercollins (Verlag)
978-0-00-733378-3 (ISBN)

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Catherine isn’t sure who she is. The hardworking student? The dutiful daughter? Or someone else entirely? Catherine, Cat, Cath – which is the real person? A gripping study of teenage pressure and identity.

Catherine is a typical A-grade student from a middle class, high-achieving family, who suddenly, on entering the sixth form, loses her way. She stumbles from one situation to another, unable to work and turning to alcohol to take her mind off her problems. As she searches for answers through the varied and offbeat characters she meets, she learns a great many truths about life. Can she cope with the biggest truth of all – her own personality?

Written in the first person, each chapter is addressed to someone different in Catherine’s life – her mother, a teacher, a schoolfriend etc, and reflects how Catherine is different to different people. It brilliantly reflects the pressures on young people today in a world where they haven’t got the time to grow up at their own pace. Is the face we present to the world our true self, or a carefully maintained construct?

Sherry Ashworth is an exciting new voice in teenage writing. She has written eight adult novels and two teenage novels; her most recent, published by The Women’s Press this year, IS HE WORTH IT?, has received hot reviews.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.8.2009
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	125 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Jugendbücher ab 12 Jahre
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Körper / Sexualität
ISBN-10	0-00-733378-1 / 0007333781
ISBN-13	978-0-00-733378-3 / 9780007333783
Zustand	Neuware