Joanna Nadin's first novel for adults, The Queen of Bloody Everything, is about mothers, daughters and how we can make many choices in life but can't choose where we come from.As Edie Jones lies in a bed on the fourteenth floor of a Cambridge hospital, her adult daughter Dido tells their story, starting with the day that changed everything.That was the day Dido – aged exactly six years and twenty-seven days old – met the next door neighbours and fell in love.Because the Trevelyans were exactly the kind of family Dido dreamed of. Normal.
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Have you ever wished for a different mother? Dido has . . .
Heartfelt . . . A wonderful example of Spangles Lit
For anyone who's ever winced with embarrassment at something a parent has done. Or not done. Or might have done...

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ISBN
9781509853120
Publisert
2018-12-27
Utgiver
Vendor
Pan Books
Vekt
282 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
27 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352

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A former broadcast journalist and special adviser to the Prime Minister, since leaving politics Joanna Nadin has written more than seventy books for children and Young Adults. She is the author of the bestselling Rachel Riley diaries, the award-winning Penny Dreadful series, the Flying Fergus series (with Sir Chris Hoy), and the Carnegie Prize-nominated Joe All Alone, which has been adapted for the BBC. She is a winner of the Fantastic Book award, has been named Blue Peter 'Book of the Month' and Radio 4 Open Book 'Book of the Year', has thrice been shortlisted for the Queen of Teen award, while Spies, Dad, Big Lauren and Me was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. In 2011, Penny Dreadful is a Magnet for Disaster was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny prize. The Queen of Bloody Everything is her first novel for adults.