Like Rabbits
Published on 28. February 2002
Book
Hardback
232 pages
978-0-340-73970-9 (ISBN)
Description
Five-year-old Lily lives in a hutch-like flat in a high-rise with her single mother, Donna, a student, and her grandfather, Jim, who breeds rabbits. Lily's mind is a stew. She worries about the corridors outside her home, the crazy-on-drugs men, ghosts, aliens and her Grandad's poorly ticker, and at times of great stress, she wants to be a rabbit. One Saturday she and Jim go to a rabbit show and Lily narrates the day's events, unconsciously weaving into its routine family stories and memories, as she tries to get to grips with her world. But the unpredictable behaviour of adults, their secrets and promises and rules, continually defeat her and as the day progresses it becomes apparent that even her Grandad, the person with whom she feels safest, might let her down.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for GORGEOUS 2 'Bryan writes with sensual precision and jaunty assurance in crisp, lively prose... a narrative that has plenty of swagger and sparkle' Observer 3 'A witty, acerbic, raunchy first novel' Daily Express 4 'A funny, heartwarming first novel' Scotsman 5 'Bryan has drawn a Technicolor vision of her heroine that is worthy of the artist Beryl Cook at her fruitiest. The book positively throbs with Rita's hearty energy' The TimesMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Dimensions
Height: 144 mm
Width: 221 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-340-73970-9 (9780340739709)
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Person
Lynne Bryan is a graduate of the UEA Creative Writing course and the author of the story collection ENVY AT THE CHEESE HANDOUT (Faber 1995) and the novel GORGEOUS (Sceptre 1999). She lives in Norwich with the writer Andrew Cowan and their daughter Rose. LIKE RABBITS is her second novel.