Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Description for Elsewhere
Paperback. A novel of hope, love and redemption told in brilliant and unusual style by a remarkably talented new novelist. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: YFB; YXF; YXG. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 204.
In this delightful novel death is a begining, a new start. Liz is killed in a hit a run accident and her 'life' takes a very unexpected turn. At nearly sixteen she knows she will never get married, never have children, and perhaps never fall in love. But in Elsewhere all things carry on almost as they did on earth except that the inhabitants get younger, dogs and humans can communicate (at last) new relationships are formed and old ones sadly interrupted on earth are renewed. Full of the most ingenious detail and woven around the most ... Read more
In this delightful novel death is a begining, a new start. Liz is killed in a hit a run accident and her 'life' takes a very unexpected turn. At nearly sixteen she knows she will never get married, never have children, and perhaps never fall in love. But in Elsewhere all things carry on almost as they did on earth except that the inhabitants get younger, dogs and humans can communicate (at last) new relationships are formed and old ones sadly interrupted on earth are renewed. Full of the most ingenious detail and woven around the most ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408880104
SKU
V9781408880104
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Gabrielle Zevin
Gabrielle Zevin is the author of award-winning books for young adults including Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, and books for adults including The Hole We're In. She was also the screenwriter for Conversations with Other Women, which received an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Of her writing, The New York Times Book Review said, Zevin's touch is marvelously light even ... Read more
Reviews for Elsewhere
Every so often a book comes along with a premise so fresh and arresting it seems to exist in a category all its own. Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin, is such a book. Zevin's touch is marvelously light even as she considers profundities, easily moving among humor, wisdom and lyricism... No plot synopsis can convey what a rich, wise ... Read more