Playing with the grown ups
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For Kitty, growing up at Hay House amongst bluebell woods and doting relations is heaven. But for her mother, the restless Marina, a bohemian beauty who paints and weeps with alacrity, this comfortable domesticity cannot provide the novelty and excitement she craves. Marina is utterly beguiling, but more often than not Kitty can only gaze on her antics with awe and toe-curling trepidation.
When Swami-ji, Marinas Guru, sees Marinas future in New York, the family relocates, leaving Kitty exiled in a colorless boarding school. Reprieve comes in the form of the Gurus summons to the ashram; but then, just as Kitty is approaching enlightenment, she and Marina are off again, leaving for an England that is now fast and unfamiliar. This time no god, man, or martini can staunch Marinas hunger for a happiness that proves all too elusive. And Kitty, turning fifteen, must choose: whether to play dangerous games with the grown-ups or begin to put herself first.
Playing with the Grown-ups is an enchanting novel about growing up in a loving, utterly chaotic household; it is also hilarious, heartbreaking, and scandalous. The offbeat and often comic adventures of the free-spirited heroinesMarina and Kitty alikewill remind readers of Breakfast at Tiffanys. With her magnificent talent for storytelling and creating unconventional characters, Sophie Dahl ably carries on the literary legacy of her grandfather, the beloved childrens book author, Roald Dahl.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 08 april 2008
Aantal pagina's: 269
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Sophie Dahl
Hoofduitgeverij: Random House Inc
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 150 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 25 mm
Verpakking lengte: 213 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 467 g
EAN: 9780385524612