The year of the rat book clare furniss

She studied at cambridge university and is completing an ma in writing for young people. Buy the year of the rat by clare furniss from waterstones today. Crisply toldtheres a lot of heartbreak in clare furniss s book, but the story is lightened by humorous touches. The year of the rat is a beautifully written story of heartbreak, love, loss, and forgiveness. Its the story of pearl, a young girl struggling over the loss of her mother and her new sister.

The general premise of the novel is that pearls mother. Buy a discounted paperback of the year of the rat online from australias leading online bookstore. Midteens is a difficult time anyway, but having the circumstances thrown onto you that pearl did, makes it even harder. And also crying like a little baby, but most importantly speechless.

After hearing furniss talk at an event, and hearing part of the year of the rat being read, i couldnt wait to start it. She is the author of the year of the rat and how not to disappear. Booktopia has the year of the rat by clare furniss. Author clare furniss answers questions about her beautifully compelling novel, the year of the rat. Unfortunately, the youngbloods book club no longer exists, but you can still check out the book at 2020 animal signs forecast. Year of the rat by clare furniss pbk shiny new books.

The thing which first attracted me to this novel was the cover. Pearl deals with death, life, and family in this haunting, humorous, and poignant debut. The year of the rat book by clare furniss official. Grappling with grief is hard enough without repeat visits from the deceased. Furniss grew up in london, and moved to birmingham in her teens. Pregnant teenager hattie and her fiercely independent greataunt gloria, who is in the early stages of dementia, set out on a road trip of selfdiscovery gloria to finally confront the secrets of her past before they are erased from her memory forever and hattie to face the hard choices that will determine her future. Annabel is one of the shiny new books editors and coincidentally, was born in the year of the rat.

The year of the rat by clare furniss beautifully written the stylist youll laugh, youll cry, youll love this book the sun lingers in the mind long. The year of the rat, a debut young adult novel by clare furniss, follows a year in the life of 16 year old pearl as she struggles to cope with the death of her mother. On the contrary, it made it one of the best books i have read in a long time. Clare furniss, the year of the rat okay, lets be honest here. The year of the rat has to be one of the most heartbreaking books i have ever read. Clare furniss the year of the rat clare furniss pearl deals with death, life, and family in this haunting, humorous, and poignant debut that school library journal calls a wellwritten depiction of adolescence and the pervasive, perplexing nature of loss. The telegraph the year of the rat is a sensitive, beautifully written book. They still whisper to you sometimes, but the world gets louder.