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Help Me, Jacques Cousteau

By Gil Adamson

Help Me, Jacques Cousteau Contemporary literature

Help Me, Jacques Cousteau

By Gil Adamson

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Hazel is only a toddler when she sails back to Canada with her parents to begin a new life. As the boat dips and dives across the ocean and sends her bed crashing against the walls, Hazel wakes up to the tragic reality of the world around her. From then on, life seems a constant struggle as Hazel juggles with the miseries of childhood, while attempting to make sense of the odd bunch of grown-ups around her. After all, how much help can you expect from an uncle who collects only white animals, or a grandfather who drives around with a dead dog on the back seat of his convertible, when you have to confront your first day at school, the arrival of a baby brother or your parents' divorce? Still, life could be worse, thinks Hazel, she could be in the chess club, or have a name like Bogdana or Flower... In this haunting and extremely funny account of the world according to Hazel, Gil Adamson's first work of fiction, written twn years ago and published now for the first time in the UK, reminds us that although growing up is about sorting out life as it is, from life as it should be, stories will always be there to help us pretend.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2011-01-17
Publication Date:
2011-01-17
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1408811464
ISBN13:
9781408811467
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
14
Maximum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
151 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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