- Paperback: 95 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; 1st. Edition edition (6 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747582114
- ISBN-13: 978-0747582113
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 1.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 333,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
More About the Author
Product Description
Review
'Trollope aims for the heart, and she hits it' New Yorker 'Trollope writes with such elegant precision - revelatory and ambiguous at just the right moments' Evening Standard 'Deliciously readable' The Times
Product Description
Alice is thirty-eight. She has a house, a husband, two teenage children and a part-time job. She thinks she ought to be happy. But she isn't. Instead, she feels she has vanished, that she is like something lost down the back of the sofa. Because Alice has a secret which is never spoken of in the family as they are all ashamed, Alice most of all. Alice can't read. Then two things happen. Her son, Craig, brings home his school's leather-clad bad boy, a terrible influence. And Alice 's friend Liz tells her she's tired of feeling sorry for her and trying to help. Alice - timid, quiet Alice - must start out on her own brave journey and for it she chooses the strangest companion. For the first time in her life, she knows what she wants and she is going to get it. With the help of the book boy.
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an extremely eloquently written book about how it feels to one woman who is unable to read. Trollope has created a wonderful character in Alice, and got right inside her head to make the reader understand what it must be like to be unable to enjoy any form of reading. Alice overcomes not only her illiteracy, but also stands up against her bullying family in a manner that shocks them all, but gives her back her pride. It's a beautifully written book and I highly recommend it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a great little story about the determination of the oppressed triumphing over the bullying of the oppressors. It shows that everyone has a weakness, even those bullies, and that the negatives in our past can be turned into positives in the future. Worth reading.
Format:Paperback
At the beginning of the book, the main character is treated like rubbish by her family and she does nothing to stick up for herself because she believes she is no good ... all because she can't read. She suddenly decides enough is enough and with the help of a young lad, who started reading late in life, she begins to face her sticking block and in doing so begins to gain confidence and stick up for herself and make her fmaily notice her for who she really is.
This was a Bloomsbury Quick Read
This was a Bloomsbury Quick Read
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
