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How to make friends with the dark

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The story of an awful, universe-gone-mad-mistake, and one girl’s emotional battle for clarity and forgiveness from the internationally bestselling author of Girl in Pieces

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ISBN: 9781786075642 Category: Young Adult Tags: Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: death & bereavement, Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Family issues, Children's / Teenage: Social issues
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The story of one girl’s quest for clarity and forgiveness after an awful, universe-gone-mad-mistake. From the internationally bestselling author of Girl in Pieces

‘Breathtaking and heartbreaking, and I loved it with all my heart.’ Jennifer Niven

I thought I was done with death, at least a little bit, but death wasn’t done with me. 

It’s always been Tiger and her mother against the world. Then, on a day like any other, Tiger’s mother dies. Now it’s Tiger, alone.

And she must learn to make friends with the dark.

‘A rare and powerful novel…dives deep into the heart of grief and healing with honesty, empathy, and grace.’ Karen M. McManus

‘Magnificent. A beautiful, heartbreaking alleluia to survival.’ Brendan Kiely

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Weight 0.39 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 3 cm
Author

Glasgow, Kathleen

Publisher

Rock the Boat

Imprint

Rock the Boat

Cover

Paperback

Pages

420

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

Young Adult / Code: C

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