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Thelma is six years old. Life at home is unsettling and disturbing; her father's games are not enjoyable and her mother dotes on Willy, the favoured child. When her parents move to Canada Thelma smuggles her imaginary friends with her in her suitcase. Thelma's life is mostly lived in her fertile and extraordinarily vivid imagination. And she still asks every adult she meets to adopt her...Mouthing the Words tells Thelma's story though to adulthood and her return to England - to study law at Oxford - in a novel that is by turns harrowing, terrible and wonderfully funny. Through sexual abuse, anorexia and borderline multiple personality disorder, Thelma retains her spirit, wit and imagination. Reminiscent of Jeanette Winterson and Sylvia Plath Mouthing the Words is a remarkable and inspiring fiction debut.
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Thelma is six years old. Life at home is unsettling and disturbing; her father's games are not enjoyable and her mother dotes on Willy, the favoured child. When her parents move to Canada, Thelma smuggles her imaginary friends with her in her suitcase.
By turns harrowing and wonderfully funny, Mouthing the Words tells Thelma's story of sexual abuse, anorexia, borderline multiple personality disorder and her return to England. Reminiscent of Jeanette Winterson and Sylvia Plath, Mouthing the Words is a remarkable and inspiring fiction debut.
"Gibb seduces the reader with sparky prose and charming storylines before drawing us onto a heart-wrenching rollercoaster ride" (Guardian)
"Beautiful and compelling... an insightful and humane exploration of the space between reason and imagination" (The Times)
"This is a bold and ambitious debut from a writer who sows the seeds of great promise" (Daily Express)
"Fresh and original" (Sunday Times)
"It's sassy, it's smart... Go girl!" (Jeanette Winterson)
"Beautiful and compelling... an insightful and humane exploration of the space between reason and imagination" (The Times)
"This is a bold and ambitious debut from a writer who sows the seeds of great promise" (Daily Express)
"Fresh and original" (Sunday Times)
"It's sassy, it's smart... Go girl!" (Jeanette Winterson)
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Description du livre Etat : New. This is the story of Thelma, from childhood to adulthood, and her return to England from Canada to study law at Oxford. Through sexual abuse, anorexia and borderline multiple personality disorder, Thelma retains her spirit, wit and imagination. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214. . 2002. New Ed. Paperback. . . . . N° de réf. du vendeur V9780099286585
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