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Solace of the Road (Paperback)

by Siobhan Dowd (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: David Fickling Books; Airport / Export Ed edition (5 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0385609728
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385609722
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13.4 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,443,049 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Memories of Mum are the only thing that make Holly Hogan happy. She hates her foster family with their too-nice ways and their false sympathy. And she hates her life, her stupid school and the way everyone is always on at her. Then she finds the wig, and everything changes. Wearing the long, flowing blonde locks she feels transformed. She's not Holly any more, she's Solace: the girl with the slinkster walk and the super-sharp talk. She's older, more confident - the kind of girl who can walk right out of her humdrum life, hitch to Ireland and find her mum. The kind of girl who can face the world head on. So begins a bittersweet, and sometimes hilarious journey as Solace swaggers and Holly tiptoes across England and through memory, discovering her true self, and unlocking the secrets of her past. "Call Me Solace" is a wonderful novel from one of the UK's most talented new writers for teenagers. Holly's story will leave a lasting impression on all who travel with her.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books i've ever read, 24 April 2009
This review is from: Solace of the Road (Hardcover)
I literally could not put this book down. every night i would read several more chapters than i had time for because i just needed to know what would happen next! it is not even the sort of book i would normally read, i only read it because i had seen a good review and decided to give it a try. i had also read a couple of Siobhan Dowd's other books.

throughout the book i just wanted to hug the main character. i really felt like i was on the road trip with her, although with benefit of age and experience i could see the road ahead and knew she was headed for a crash. i think i found it almost as hard to face her painful past as she did. although it was a rough journey it was also a cathartic one (for both of us!)

Solace of the Road is sad, funny, frightening, surprising and enlightening. i would recommend it to anyone who has ever been in care, or had children, or been a teenager!

In my opinion this is a perfect novel. Siobhan Dowd was a brilliant author and her death is a sad, sad loss to us all.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual Insight, 11 Jun 2009
By Wendy Lohse "age 60" (Tasmania Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Solace of the Road (Hardcover)
What a sad loss to the world of adolescent/young-adult literature is Siobhan Dowd's death. Her writing is simple, but profound. The readers journey is as turbulent and irritating as that of the protagonist. It had me feeling impatient and irritated with this adolescent just as I would if she were my own teen. When the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle that is Holly's life is revealed to her firmly sealed memory, the reader reels from the impact. I will read Siobhan's books over and over and hope that some of her unusual insight into her characters will seep into me by osmosis. I grieve for my loss of a favourite author I discovered too late and who died too early. Wendy age 60
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