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Cordelia is 19 and pregnant with her baby daughter.
She passionately needs to write and, choosing the old and famous
Japannese pillow book as her model, she compiles the story of her teenage years.
What emerges is an honest and challenging portrait of the unusual relationships with her family,
of her love for William Blacklin, of her affair with an older married man who is obsessed with her,
and of her friendship with her teacher, Julie. Her thoughts range widely : on poetry and breasts,
periods and music, friendship and trees, consciousness and sleep, sex and laughter.
A wonderfully evocative and gripping story of an extraordinary girl who in turn maddens and fascinates and finally seduces the reader.
808 pages
SOFT COVER
NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER READERS
"Remarkable" - Independent
"A true novel, a work of art ... a huge and wonderful act of imaginative empathy" - School Librarian