Things I Know
Seiten
2022
Little Island (Verlag)
978-1-915071-03-3 (ISBN)
Little Island (Verlag)
978-1-915071-03-3 (ISBN)
Hard-hitting YA exploring suicide, mental illness and recovery, from author of The Gone Book
Saoirse (18) can’t wait to leave school – but just before the Leaving Cert her ex-boyfriend dies by suicide. Everyone blames Saoirse – even Saoirse herself, who cheated on him with his best friend. She is shunned by her schoolmates and suffers unbearable levels of anxiety.
Everything becomes too much, and on the night of the school Debs, Saoirse throws herself into the river – and wakes up in a psychiatric hospital. Slowly, painfully, with the support of a friendly hospital cleaner, her old best friend, her kind and hilarious grandmother, and even her irritating sister, Saoirse regains her sense of herself. Eventually she is ready for a new life at University.
Saoirse (18) can’t wait to leave school – but just before the Leaving Cert her ex-boyfriend dies by suicide. Everyone blames Saoirse – even Saoirse herself, who cheated on him with his best friend. She is shunned by her schoolmates and suffers unbearable levels of anxiety.
Everything becomes too much, and on the night of the school Debs, Saoirse throws herself into the river – and wakes up in a psychiatric hospital. Slowly, painfully, with the support of a friendly hospital cleaner, her old best friend, her kind and hilarious grandmother, and even her irritating sister, Saoirse regains her sense of herself. Eventually she is ready for a new life at University.
Helena Close is a native of Limerick City in Ireland. She has been writing full-time for over 20 years. She has written or co-written eight novels, published by Hodder Headline, Hachette Ireland, Little Island and Blackstaff Press. She is Munster Rugby obsessed, and she loves cats and dogs and sometimes people.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.04.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Dublin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Religion / Philosophie / Psychologie |
| ISBN-10 | 1-915071-03-8 / 1915071038 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-915071-03-3 / 9781915071033 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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