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The Best Medicine
Christine Hamill
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Description for The Best Medicine
Paperback. A hilarious take on the unfunny subject of cancer; this book brings one of modern life's most prevalent illnesses into the light and gives it a human face. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: YFN; YFQ; YXA. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 176.
Philip is twelve years old and life is pretty good. He gets on with his mum and gets by pretty well at school - in spite of girl problems, teacher problems, bully problems and - er - poetry problems. Philip's happy-go-lucky life is disrupted when his mother gets breast cancer. Bad enough that your mother is seriously ill - but could she not have developed a less embarrassing kind of cancer - toe cancer, maybe, or ear cancer? Philip's attempts to cope with his situation are both hilarious and touching. Through it all, he's writing letters to his hero, the ... Read more
Philip is twelve years old and life is pretty good. He gets on with his mum and gets by pretty well at school - in spite of girl problems, teacher problems, bully problems and - er - poetry problems. Philip's happy-go-lucky life is disrupted when his mother gets breast cancer. Bad enough that your mother is seriously ill - but could she not have developed a less embarrassing kind of cancer - toe cancer, maybe, or ear cancer? Philip's attempts to cope with his situation are both hilarious and touching. Through it all, he's writing letters to his hero, the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little Island
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781910411513
SKU
V9781910411513
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4
About Christine Hamill
Christine Hamill studied English Literature at Queen's University, Belfast. She worked in the arts then trained as a teacher and worked in Spain, England and Northern Ireland. She now lives in Belfast and is a lecturer at a Further Education college where she teaches creative writing. Christine writes books for both adults and children. Her first book was ... Read more
Reviews for The Best Medicine
'Funny, moving and strangely empowering in its determination to laugh in the face of the seemingly unbearable, it's hard to believe that it's a first novel. Look, just buy it. You won't regret the decision.' - John Connolly, New York Times Bestselling author of The Book of Lost Things; 'A wonderful book... I'm flattered and thrilled!' - Harry Hill