The Brilliant Light of Amber Sunrise
by Matthew Crow | Teens | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1481418734 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1481418734 Global Overview for this book
Registered by monnibo of Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on 9/26/2015
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A poignant and unexpectedly funny novel about Francis - one of the best and bravest teenage boy narrators since Adrian Mole. This is an emotionally honest story about wanting the very best from life, even when life shows you how very bad things can be.
Francis Wootton's first memory is of Kurt Cobain's death, and there have been other hardships closer to home since then. At fifteen years old he already knows all about loss and rejection - and to top it all off he has a permanently broke big brother, a grandma with selective memory (and very selective social graces) and a mum who's at best an acquired taste. Would-be poet, possible intellectual and definitely wasted in Tyne and Wear, Francis has grown used to figuring life out on his own.Lower Fifth is supposed to be his time, the start of an endless horizon towards whatever-comes-next. But when he is diagnosed with leukaemia that wide-open future suddenly narrows, and a whole new world of worry presents itself.There's the horror of being held back a year at school, the threat of imminent baldness, having to locate his best shirt in case a visiting princess or pop-star fancies him for a photo-op . . . But he hadn't reckoned on meeting Amber - fierce, tough, one-of-a-kind Amber - and finding a reason to tackle it all - the good, the bad and everything in between - head on. A bright, funny, painful and refreshing novel about wanting the very best from life, even when life shows you how very bad it can be. It is a novel about how to live.
A poignant and unexpectedly funny novel about Francis - one of the best and bravest teenage boy narrators since Adrian Mole. This is an emotionally honest story about wanting the very best from life, even when life shows you how very bad things can be.
Francis Wootton's first memory is of Kurt Cobain's death, and there have been other hardships closer to home since then. At fifteen years old he already knows all about loss and rejection - and to top it all off he has a permanently broke big brother, a grandma with selective memory (and very selective social graces) and a mum who's at best an acquired taste. Would-be poet, possible intellectual and definitely wasted in Tyne and Wear, Francis has grown used to figuring life out on his own.Lower Fifth is supposed to be his time, the start of an endless horizon towards whatever-comes-next. But when he is diagnosed with leukaemia that wide-open future suddenly narrows, and a whole new world of worry presents itself.There's the horror of being held back a year at school, the threat of imminent baldness, having to locate his best shirt in case a visiting princess or pop-star fancies him for a photo-op . . . But he hadn't reckoned on meeting Amber - fierce, tough, one-of-a-kind Amber - and finding a reason to tackle it all - the good, the bad and everything in between - head on. A bright, funny, painful and refreshing novel about wanting the very best from life, even when life shows you how very bad it can be. It is a novel about how to live.
Journal Entry 2 by monnibo at Word Vancouver (book & magazine festival) in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Saturday, September 26, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (9/27/2015 UTC) at Word Vancouver (book & magazine festival) in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
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The Lower Mainland BookCrossing Meetup Group will be participating in Word Vancouver 2015
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2015.
Location: Library Square, 350 Georgia Street, Vancouver
The Lower Mainland Bookcrossing Meetup Group is a free gathering of book lovers. Join us at Word Vancouver 2015 - Table P16. Learn more about us at www.meetup.com/bcbooks and the festival at www.wordvancouver.ca
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2015.
Location: Library Square, 350 Georgia Street, Vancouver
The Lower Mainland Bookcrossing Meetup Group is a free gathering of book lovers. Join us at Word Vancouver 2015 - Table P16. Learn more about us at www.meetup.com/bcbooks and the festival at www.wordvancouver.ca
