Ruby's Spoon
Anna Lawrence Pietroni
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Description for Ruby's Spoon
Hardcover. Clean copy in dustwrapper
This is the tale of three women - one witch, one mermaid and one missing - and how Ruby was caught up in between.
When Isa Fly appears in the doorway of Captin Len's Fried Fish Shop, thirteen-year-old Ruby is entranced. Isa comes from the coast where the air is fresh; unlike Ruby's home in Cradle Cross, its factory furnaces pumping and filthy slits of canal water sending up a stink.
Isa is on the hunt for a missing person, and Ruby is eager to help, convinced she will be repaid with an adventure at sea. But some ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Chatto & Windus London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780701184360
SKU
KEX0246219
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Anna Lawrence Pietroni
Anna Lawrence Pietroni was born and brought up in the Black Country. She gained a degree in English from Oxford University. She worked in the prison service and was training to be a prison governor before she turned to writing full-time. Ruby's Spoon is her first novel. Anna Lawrence Pietroni lives in Oxford.
Reviews for Ruby's Spoon
This enthralling, suspenseful debut novel...has the feel of a grim fairy tale. Of the many riches it offers, is the winning lead character...who will capture readers' hearts.
Booklist (starred review)
A heartbreakingly realistic account of social upheaval and family tragedy... A spellbinding first novel, distinguished by unforgettable storytelling.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Booklist (starred review)
A heartbreakingly realistic account of social upheaval and family tragedy... A spellbinding first novel, distinguished by unforgettable storytelling.
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)