- Paperback: 242 pages
- Publisher: Vanguard Press; 1st edition (31 Mar 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843865645
- ISBN-13: 978-1843865643
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,035,467 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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It seemed like a simple enough way to spend a summer - in the few weeks between school and university, David decides to spend his time fruit picking in the Norfolk countryside. But then he meets nine-year-old Abi and his life is changed forever. David's innocence meets Abi's adult understanding and the two develop a strong, but sometimes shocking bond as he helps her negotiate the horrors of her childhood. Set against a disturbing background of secrecy and child abuse, the heart-warming relationship between David and Abi is tested by rumour, threats and violence that reaches across the decades. Can their love survive the challenges which lie in their way? Or will their unconventional connection be severed by the actions of others and the demands of society?
About the Author
Anthony Nobbs was born in Norfolk in 1959 and brought up in the Norfolk Broads area. After study engineering at Leeds University he moved to London to start his career. He currently lives in Berkshire and works as a project manager for a property company.
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Format:Paperback
More daring than Nabokov, more riveting than Simona Vinci's "A game we play", more readable than Hartog's "The Photographer's Sweetheart". An engrossing tale of misdirected and promiscuous child love. One of only a few books I have ever wanted to re-read as soon as I'd finished it.
The story is about a naive 18 year old student fruit picker (David) who is sexually molested by a 9 year old girl, Abigail. They fall in love and an alarming state of intimacy grows between them. The young man spins himself a web of difficulties with his fellow fruit pickers as his indescreet liaison puts him into all sorts of embarrassing situations focused around the little girl. As the tale unwinds we discover the harrowing history of abuse that Abigail and some of her classmates are subjected to in the community, and David is her only source of hope.
If anything, the story is too neatly packaged into two halves. In the second part of the story we find David and Abigail as adults rediscovering each other, and a more sensible David re-confronts earlier temptations in the form of his own 9 year old step daughter.
It is a clever piece of writing. We are made to empathise with David because of his naievity and the author has effectively captured the thoughts and simplicity of a young lad stepping gingerly in an adult world. As David becomes a 40 year old adult, the author embues him with a more sophisticated morality.
The story is about a naive 18 year old student fruit picker (David) who is sexually molested by a 9 year old girl, Abigail. They fall in love and an alarming state of intimacy grows between them. The young man spins himself a web of difficulties with his fellow fruit pickers as his indescreet liaison puts him into all sorts of embarrassing situations focused around the little girl. As the tale unwinds we discover the harrowing history of abuse that Abigail and some of her classmates are subjected to in the community, and David is her only source of hope.
If anything, the story is too neatly packaged into two halves. In the second part of the story we find David and Abigail as adults rediscovering each other, and a more sensible David re-confronts earlier temptations in the form of his own 9 year old step daughter.
It is a clever piece of writing. We are made to empathise with David because of his naievity and the author has effectively captured the thoughts and simplicity of a young lad stepping gingerly in an adult world. As David becomes a 40 year old adult, the author embues him with a more sophisticated morality.
Format:Paperback
I honestly could not put this book down. From start to finish it kept me totally enthralled and lost in David and Abi's world. Like the other review comments, there is such a sympathetic feeling you get with the main characters. Reaching the end of the book was bittersweet, sad it had ended but loved knowing the outcome.
A fantastic start for a new author and I look forward to reading alot more of his work.
A fantastic start for a new author and I look forward to reading alot more of his work.
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