The Year of the Rat by Clare Furniss
Grappling with grief is hard enough without repeat visits from the deceased. Pearl deals with death, life, and family in this haunting, humorous, and poignant debut
The world can tip at any moment, a fact that fifteen-year-old Pearl is all too aware of when her mom dies after giving birth to her baby sister, Rose.
Rose, who looks exactly like a baby rat, all pink, wrinkled, and writhing. This little Rat has destroyed everything, even ruined the wonderful relationship that Pearl had with her stepfather, the Rat's biological father.
Mom's dead but she can't seem to leave. She keeps visiting Pearl. Smoking, cursing, guiding.
Told across the year following her mother's death, Pearl's story is full of bittersweet humor and heartbreaking honesty about how you deal with grief that cuts you to the bone, as she tries not only to come to terms with losing her mother, but also the fact that her sister-The Rat-is a constant reminder of why her mom is no longer around.
Format: Paperback | 320 pages
Dimensions (cm): 21.7 x 13.6 x 1.9 | 288g
Publication Date: 01 May 2014
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 1471121712
ISBN13: 9781471121715
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks on the back 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. No missing pages.