- Paperback: 252 pages
- Publisher: Airstrip One Publications; 1st edition (1 Feb 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0955685508
- ISBN-13: 978-0955685507
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,298,272 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This is the most terrifying book I've ever read...it's scary because it bleeds truth...Incendiary reading. Exemplary writing. I read it in one sitting and couldn't move for about an hour afterwards. In fact, I'm still having nightmares about it.' -- Amazon review, 2008
'Stunning, gritty, heartbreaking' --Amazon review, 2008
'This book knocked me sideways...will speak for the disenchanted voice of a generation much like Catcher in the Rye did to the youth in the 50s.' --Amazon review, 2008
'A brilliant book which should be on the syllabus of every secondary school.' --Amazon review, 2009
'Exceptional'
--Amazon review, 2009
'Stunning, gritty, heartbreaking' --Amazon review, 2008
'This book knocked me sideways...will speak for the disenchanted voice of a generation much like Catcher in the Rye did to the youth in the 50s.' --Amazon review, 2008
'A brilliant book which should be on the syllabus of every secondary school.' --Amazon review, 2009
'Exceptional'
--Amazon review, 2009
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A hard-hitting novel following two months in the life of 14 year old Lisa as she runs away and learns to survive on the streets. Random House said: 'Extremely well-written. The narrative voice is particurly strong and supple, conveying both Lisa's teenage defiance and her immense vulnerability.' A Lulu reviewer said: 'GREAT book, very authentic! All teenagers should read it and definitely all parents. Will become a classic.' NEW REVIEWS JUST IN! 'Brilliant - all teenage girls should read it.' 'Breath-taking...I was totally amazed by it. By god it deserves a hearing.' 'I really applaud your capacity to speak in the voice of a 14 yr old - it's so genuine, honest, comic at times and vivid.'(reader review) 'Great book, very impressed.' (reader review) 'Great narrative voice and really well-paced.' (reader review) 'I'm halfway through your book - it's brilliant! Is it wrong that I really fancy a barrack buster and a couple of pills?' (reader review)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Good Read,
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This review is from: Taste the Bright Lights (Paperback)
Just finished this book and I can't rate it highly enough. Its what a teenage book should contain.
It is a good example of how your life can spiral out of control with no warning and it addresses so called sensitive and taboo subjects in a refreshing way. Reading the book had me laughing one minute and almost crying the next. It is a tragic tale and well written and like others, I await a sequel.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Refreshing change to the usual teenage dross,
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This review is from: Taste the Bright Lights (Paperback)
Like many other reviewers I grew up in the areas mentioned in the book.
The author portrays a flawed childhood which I and many others experienced in a way that is not condescending and avoids the pitfalls of the usual cliched teenage novel. The dialogue is gritty and realistic and the reader experiences the emotional rollercoaster that Lisa embarks on. The intentional use of bad grammar is actually quite clever and makes the narrative more authentic. It is a rather poignant novel and impressive more so as it is a debut novel. There is no storybook happy ending and it leaves the reader with a hollow feeling of wanting more. Perhaps there may be another adventure for Lisa on the horizon? I for one look forward to a sequel.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Real,
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This review is from: Taste the Bright Lights (Paperback)
I came across this book by accident as i`m from the area I bought it.
Within a couple of pages I was brought right back in the craigavon I grew up in also back to the teenage confusion I thought I had forgot. The language the imagery and the characters were absolutely convincing. If someone doesn`t make a screenplay/film of this there is something wrong as thats what it reads like. It is a work of complete honesty and authenticity. Laura Canning has managed to get into the head of a problem teenage girl and brings you with her in sympathy and a complete understanding of why someone would make the seemingly crazy choices she makes, you are left understanding how a child could end up going from a bad A to a horrendis B and the worrying thing is that it seems to the child a logical and correct route. This amazing work should be on school sylabus as a warning to children and teachers alike. and by the way it is also not without humour despite the subject matter Amazing work is there a follow up?
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