Lisa O'Donnell

Closed Doors (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this tense and brilliant tale from the national bestselling author of The Death of Bees, a young boy on a small Scottish island, where everyone knows everything about everyone else, discovers that a secret can be a dangerous thing.

Eleven-year-old Michael Murray is the best at two things: hacky sack and keeping secrets. His family thinks he's too young to hear grown-up stuff, but he listens at doorsit's the only way to find out anything. And Michael's heard a secret, one that may explain the bruises on his mother's face.

When the whispers at home and on the street become too loud to ignore, Michael begins to wonder if there is an even bigger secret he doesn't know about. Scared of what might happen if anyone finds out, and desperate for life to return to normal, Michael sets out to piece together the truth. But he also has to prepare for the upcoming talent show, keep an eye out for Dirty Alicehis archnemesis from down the streetand avoid eating Granny's watery stew.

Closed Doors is the startling new novel from Lisa O'Donnell, the acclaimed author of The Death of Bees. It is a vivid evocation of the fears and freedoms of childhood and a powerful tale of love, of the loss of innocence, and of the importance of family in difficult times.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 261
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062271914
• Artikelnr.: 40830052

Autorenporträt

Lisa O'Donnell's debut novel, The Death of Bees, was the winner of the Commonwealth Book Prize. She won the Orange Prize for New Screenwriters for her screenplay The Wedding Gift. She lives in Scotland.

Rezensionen

"Writing in a child's voice is risky, but Lisa O'Donnell pulls it off in her second novel. . . . Ms. O'Donnell avoids triteness in this story of lost innocence, favoring candor and dark humor in the aftermath of violence." New York Times