14%OFF
Solace of the Road
Siobhan Dowd
€ 10.99
€ 9.50
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Solace of the Road
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 272 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 132 x 246 x 29. Weight in Grams: 196.
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 ... Read more
Show LessProduct Details
Publisher
Definitions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
195g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909531147
SKU
V9781909531147
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-88
About Siobhan Dowd
Siobhan Dowd lived in Oxford with her husband, Geoff, before tragically dying from cancer in August 2007, aged 47. She was both an extraordinary writer and an extraordinary person. Siobhan's first novel, A Swift Pure Cry, won the Branford Boase Award and the Eilis Dillon Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Booktrust Teenage Prize. ... Read more
Reviews for Solace of the Road
Unexpectedly life affirming, wise and mature
The Times
A memorably touching story with a suitably emotional ending
Guardian
For readers more at home with awkward reality than sentimentality, Solace of the Road has a lot to offer. Siobhan Dowd meets every challenge with the authority of a born writer
Independent
Real, touching, at times ... Read more
The Times
A memorably touching story with a suitably emotional ending
Guardian
For readers more at home with awkward reality than sentimentality, Solace of the Road has a lot to offer. Siobhan Dowd meets every challenge with the authority of a born writer
Independent
Real, touching, at times ... Read more