Thursdays Child /
Published by : Walker (London) Physical details: 218 p. 20 cm. ISBN:9781406308525. Year: 2017| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Asian Hope Secondary Library | Fiction | FIC HAR (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 198061 |
Harper Flute believes that her younger brother Tin, with his uncanny ability to dig, was born to burrow. While their family struggles to survive in a bleak landscape during the Great Depression, the silent and elusive little Tin - "born on a Thursday and so fated to his wanderings" - begins to escape underground, tunneling beneath their tiny shanty. As time passes, Tin becomes a wild thing, leaving his family further and further behind.
With exquisite prose, richly drawn characters, and a touch of magical realism, Sonya Hartnett tells a breathtakingly original coming-of-age story through the clear eyes of an observant child. It’s an unsentimental portrait of a loving family faced with poverty and heartbreak, entwined with a surreal vision of the enigmatic Tin, disappearing into a mysterious labyrinth that reaches unimaginably far, yet remains hauntingly near.
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