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Help Me, Jacques Cousteau
Gil Adamson
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Description for Help Me, Jacques Cousteau
Paperback. A funny, haunting portrait of an offbeat family in this episodic novel by the mutiple-awardwinning author of The Outlander Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Hazel is only a toddler when she sails back to Canada with her parents to begin a new life. As the boat dips and dives across the ocean and sends her bed crashing against the walls, Hazel wakes up to the tragic reality of the world around her. From then on, life seems a constant struggle as Hazel juggles with the miseries of childhood, while attempting to make sense of the odd bunch of grown-ups around her. After all, how much help can you expect from an uncle who collects only white animals, or a grandfather who drives around with ... Read more
Hazel is only a toddler when she sails back to Canada with her parents to begin a new life. As the boat dips and dives across the ocean and sends her bed crashing against the walls, Hazel wakes up to the tragic reality of the world around her. From then on, life seems a constant struggle as Hazel juggles with the miseries of childhood, while attempting to make sense of the odd bunch of grown-ups around her. After all, how much help can you expect from an uncle who collects only white animals, or a grandfather who drives around with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408811467
SKU
V9781408811467
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Ref
99-50
About Gil Adamson
Gil Adamson has written two acclaimed books of poetry, Primitive and Ashland, and her work has also been widely published in magazines and literary journals. Her novel, The Outlander, won the International Association of Crime Writers' Dashiell Hammett Prize and the Amazon.ca/Books in Canada First Novel Prize. It has also been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and nominated for ... Read more
Reviews for Help Me, Jacques Cousteau
Praise for The Outlander: 'A remarkable first novel, full of verve, beautifully written, and with all the panache of a great adventure'
Michael Ondaatje
‘From the outset, this atmospheric debut has a palpable air of menace ... With the breathless pace of an old-fashioned adventure story, and a supporting cast of mavericks, eccentrics and outcasts, this rich ... Read more
Michael Ondaatje
‘From the outset, this atmospheric debut has a palpable air of menace ... With the breathless pace of an old-fashioned adventure story, and a supporting cast of mavericks, eccentrics and outcasts, this rich ... Read more