
Sobibor
Jean Molla(Author)
Aurora Metro Books (Publisher)
Published on 24. October 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-9546912-4-0 (ISBN)
Description
A powerful and disturbing novel that deals with eating disorders and the shadow of the past.
"I did it so they'd stop me," Emma said, when she was caught stealing biscuits from a supermarket. But Emma is hiding behind her tough words and her waif-like body...
Emma is sixteen and anorexic. Why does she do it? Is it her parents' indifference, the long family silences, the lies they tell each other? Emma wants to know. She wants to understand.
When she discovers an old notebook in her grand-parents' house, disturbing secrets emerge that demand an answer.
"I did it so they'd stop me," Emma said, when she was caught stealing biscuits from a supermarket. But Emma is hiding behind her tough words and her waif-like body...
Emma is sixteen and anorexic. Why does she do it? Is it her parents' indifference, the long family silences, the lies they tell each other? Emma wants to know. She wants to understand.
When she discovers an old notebook in her grand-parents' house, disturbing secrets emerge that demand an answer.
Reviews / Votes
"Once you start one of Molla's books, you can't put it down. By the time you've finished, you'll have been moved to tears." Le MondeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Twickenham
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Aurora Metro Publications
Target group
Children/juvenile
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
201 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-9546912-4-0 (9780954691240)
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Person
Jean Molla was born in Oujda, Morocco in 1958 and studied literature and tourism in France where he now teaches literature in a college in Poitiers. He began writing in 2000, before the birth of his third son and has published several novels for children and young people including: The Wizards' Duel and The Knight of Three Faces (Rageot), Djamila (Grasset), The World Trap (Gallimard Jeunesse).
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