Book Description
Nick is dying. Barney spends much of his time keeping him company, helping him to lead an almost normal life and sharing his carefully guarded secret. The two boys often go down to the old harbour to look at the boats and take photographs.
Barney finds it hard, watching his friend getting weaker and weaker. He worries about his realtionship with his first real girl friend.He worries about his school work.He is under pressure to perform well as a county swimming champion. And he needs a part-time job.
Everything seems to be working out - just - when what he ahs most been dreading happens. All the other things which can go wrong do so spectacularly. Then there is a strange-shaped room, some ham and mustard sandwiches and a few conversations with a wise old sailor.
From the Author
Nick's Gallery tells the story of how Barney comes to terms with his grief after his friend, Nick, dies of muscular dystrophy. Barney also has to face all the other usual problems, - trying to keep a part-time job, how to deal his first real girlfriend and all those pressures at school, not to talk of parents who are always trying to control things. Barney is really cut up after Nick dies and everything else which can go wrong does so dramatically. We watch him make his way through incredible pain, not deal with it very well …. and then find a way of accepting Nick's death without forgetting him.
This may help you to understand your own feelings if you have also lost someone, or to understand what is going on with a friend who has experienced something similar. Hopefully, you will also grow to love Barney and Nick just as I did when I wrote about them.
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