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"There was this time when everything seemed to have come together. And so obviously it was time to go and screw it all up"
Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone. Alicia.
Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?
"Very funny... very real" - Telegraph
"Hornby gets his point across with subtlety and skill of a born novelist who always deserves to be read" - Independent
"A moving read for anyone" - Elle
"Warm, witty and wise" - Arena
Sam is sixteen and a skater. Just so there are no terrible misunderstandings: skating = skateboarding. There's no ice. Life is ticking along nicely for Sam: his mum's got rid of her rubbish boyfriend, he's thinking about college and he's met someone. Alicia.
Then a little accident happens. One with big consequences for someone just finding his way in life. Sam can't run (let alone skate) away from this one. He's a boy facing a man's problems and the question is - has he got what it takes to confront them?
"Very funny... very real" - Telegraph
"Hornby gets his point across with subtlety and skill of a born novelist who always deserves to be read" - Independent
"A moving read for anyone" - Elle
"Warm, witty and wise" - Arena
Journal Entry 2 by pulcherrima from Tommerup Stationsby, Fyns Amt Denmark on Sunday, August 24, 2008
Endnu engang har jeg haft en rigtig dejlig læseoplevelse med Nick Hornbys bøger. Blev meget grebet og berørt af temaet - også selvom det denne gang er en ungdomsbog.