- Secrets, Family problems, Fiction, Coming of age
In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Judy Blundell, Judy Blundell
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 275
- Publisher
- Scholastic Ltd., Scholastic, Incorporated, Scholastic
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407140209
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