A coming-of-age tale with a twist: a clinically depressed Trinidadian teenager, who has attempted suicide, is banished by her mother to Canada to live with her aunt. She feels lonely and in exile. But with the help of her lesbian aunt, a gorgeous-looking boy and her Skyping best friend "back home" in Trinidad, she begins to realise that loving families can exist in different shapes and sizes. Then her mother arrives and threatens to take her back to Trinidad. Where then is home?
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A depressed Trinidadian teenager, who has attempted suicide, is sent by her mother to Canada to live with her lesbian aunt. She feels isolated. But with the help of her aunt, a gorgeous-looking boy and her Skyping best friend "back home", she beings to accept her new family. Then her mother arrives. Where then is home?
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781999776831
Publisert
2018-05-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Papillote Press
Aldersnivå
00, Y, 03
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
100

Biographical note

Lisa Allen-Agostini is a Trinidadian novelist and journalist. She is the author of a book of poems, Swallowing the Sky (Cane Arrow Press) and a YA novel, The Chalice Project (Macmillan Caribbean). Her poetry and fiction have appeared widely in literary journals.