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Union

Sara Cassidy

EPUB
ca. 8,49

Orca Book Publishers img Link Publisher

Ratgeber / Sammeln, Sammlerkataloge

Beschreibung

Key Selling Points

  • A 15-year-old boy juggles work, sexual trauma and a new girlfriend in this novel in verse.
  • The power of love to heal past wounds is the central theme.
  • The author explores losing and doubting one's voice in an experimental narrative form.
  • The novel is written almost entirely in single-syllable words, to reflect Tuck’s dissociative mental state.
  • This author’s works have been on many award lists, including the Governor General’s Literary Award, BC & Yukon Book Prizes and Forest of Reading.

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Schlagwörter

mental health, dysfunctional families, fast-food workers, going on strike, trauma, child sexual abuse, healing, stick and poke tattoo, union organizing, teen romance, employee rights, therapy, skate park, first love, union card, novel in verse, dissociation, poetic prose, tire swing, rose tattoo, recovery, secrets, empowerment, monosyllabic, counselling