After Thursday

Marianne & Abe #3

by Jean Ure

Things are hardly perfect for Marianne. She and her mother seldom see eye to eye, and the attitudes and actions of other people begin to threaten the comfortable routine that she and her blind boyfriend, Abe, have established.

Genres: Romance

Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Prolific English children and young adult author.

Had her first book published while still in high school, then studied theater at Webber-Douglas in London. Her most well-known work is the Point Crime novel Dance with Death. Others include Plague 99, After the Plague (previously "Come Lucky April"), Big Tom, Family Fan Club and Shrinking Violet, as well as the fantasy The Wizard In the Woods.

Today, Ure is very popular with British female teenage readers with novels such as Shrinking Violet, Family Fan Club and Passion Flower.

Ure has also translated Danish writer Sven Hassel's WWII novels to English.

Reviews

[Catherine Mustread · Rating 4 out of 5]

Marianne's crush on Abe becomes painful when he takes leave from his teaching job to perform with a lovely young singer.

[Ronnie Jupiter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anti-climactic