They're Only Human by James Grieve
Susie is introduced to love and animals rights by her teacher, Mr Lamour, her innocence is taken from her and she grapples with life's complexities.
By exploring a girl's charged relationship with her teacher, this provocative, intense, and finely written novel keeps throwing up questions about responsibility, love and cruelty that remain challenging to the last.
Are ants animals? Do rabbits like lipstick? Are dogs really human beings? Is it better to be a dead mouse or a dead baby? How can a cow or a sheep be a grass-machine? Should a girl fall in love with her English teacher? If you wanted to sabotage a rodeo, how would you go about it? Is there a difference between cutting up a worm for fun and for science? If meat is just grass recycled, does that make meat-eaters vegetarians by proxy?
Format: Paperback | 240 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 12.9 x 1.7 | 232g
Publication Date: 01 Jul 2001
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publication City/Country: Crows Nest, SYD, Australia
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 1865084387
ISBN13: 9781865084381
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including minor scuff marks along the edges of the front cover, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. All pages have browned very slightly due to age. No missing pages.