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Snake
From the back of the book: 'When the luminous stranger arrives on the farm, twelve year old Stella is convinced that Jerry has come to heal her family.
Now she tells 'terrible trouble' to a tabloid journalist in an effort to save the little that is left.
The stage contains a metal wash tub, a traumatised child and a hard-hearted journalist. The script veers between love and violence, shining a naked bulb on psychosis and the preposterous ways in which people express their shame.
Now she tells 'terrible trouble' to a tabloid journalist in an effort to save the little that is left.
The stage contains a metal wash tub, a traumatised child and a hard-hearted journalist. The script veers between love and violence, shining a naked bulb on psychosis and the preposterous ways in which people express their shame.
268 pages
First published January 1, 2011
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March 24, 2012
It doesn't happen every day - that moment when you fall into a book and simultaneously fall in love with it.
I was nervous about reading Snake, just because I loved the author's previous novel Whiplash so much. I needn't have been. Once again, Farren uses a narrator's unique voice to create another memorable character - one for whom we care quite desperately. This time she's a child, telling her impoverished family's horrific story to a hard-bitten tabloid journalist.
Stella is a wonderful character; her courage comes from her love and concern for her family. Her optimism is poignant, while her awakening to many ugly truths had my eyes smarting.
The story holds you all the way along, through emotion-charged scenes and acts of unspeakable brutality and horror. The final scenes are breath-stopping.
This is a story that tears at the heart. Unforgettable.
I was nervous about reading Snake, just because I loved the author's previous novel Whiplash so much. I needn't have been. Once again, Farren uses a narrator's unique voice to create another memorable character - one for whom we care quite desperately. This time she's a child, telling her impoverished family's horrific story to a hard-bitten tabloid journalist.
Stella is a wonderful character; her courage comes from her love and concern for her family. Her optimism is poignant, while her awakening to many ugly truths had my eyes smarting.
The story holds you all the way along, through emotion-charged scenes and acts of unspeakable brutality and horror. The final scenes are breath-stopping.
This is a story that tears at the heart. Unforgettable.
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January 20, 2012A complex tale told in a deceptively simple voice. An uncomfortable read that will stick with the reader long after it has been finished.
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May 4, 2019No idea why it no longer shows up on my book shelf...readded.
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