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by Brigid Lowry

Il padre di Rebecca Eileen detta Bec, 16 anni, ha un esaurimento nervoso. Per riprendersi decide di fare un viaggio con la moglie, Vera, autrice di libri di cucina di enorme successo. Bec rimarrà a casa con la sorella Bing, 9 anni, e il fratello Josh, 11. No, non da soli: a prendersi cura di loro sarà la terribile Doreen, una cinquantenne stravagante alla quale Bec è ostile da subito. In realtà Mrs D si rivelerà uno spasso e una vera complice, soprattutto quando Bec, stanca di essere una brava ragazzina un po' noiosa, decide di tentare di sedurre il bellissimo Nic. Ma Mrs D si rompe una gamba, va in ospedale e l'improvvisa autonomia a cui sono costretti i ragazzi si rivela molto, molto pericolosa...

242 pages, Paperback

About the author

Brigid Lowry was born in New Zealand into a rather strange but very creative family. Here she learned a love of books, too many swear words and how to cook a decent omelette. Brigid's early, rather awful poetry was made into a small book by her father, a printer and typographer, and sold to kindly relatives for two and sixpence a copy. Thus her writing career was launched, but it took about twenty years for her to take it to a higher place. In the meantime she tried being a hippie, a waitress, a software tutor, a librarian, a mother, a wife and a primary school teacher.

At the age of thirty five Brigid returned to university and began to publish poetry and short fiction. Her first young adult book was Fizz & Max & Me, which was published in the Dolly Fiction series. As well as teaching her how to write dialogue, this book paid Brigid the grand sum of $3000 and inspired her to apply for an Arts Council Grant for funding to write a second young adult book. With the grant safely in the bank, armed with nothing more than a flimsy idea about a girl who wanted a nose-ring, Brigid wrote Guitar Highway Rose. Constructed in a quirky collage style, this book was a runaway success. It was shortlisted for a number of major prizes in Australia, and won the WA Hoffman Young Readers Choice Award.

Brigid's star sign is Aries, and she has a tattoo of an island, a palm tree and a planet on her left shoulder. She has an MA in Creative Writing and teaches creative writing here and there. Brigid is currently working on a new young adult book and has recently returned to live in her homeland, New Zealand, after living for 27 wonderful years in Australia.

Reviews

[Cecilia Lattari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amo ogni cosa che scrive la Lowry. Il più bello, per me, resta Via da tutto, uno dei miei comfort book ❤️

[Maddalenah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uno di quei romanzi per ragazzi da leggere assolutamente. Lo adoro ogni volta che lo riprendo in mano.