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Glasshopper

Glasshopper

Author(s): Isabel Ashdown

Location(s): Brighton, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth

Genre(s): Fiction

Era(s): 1980s

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From the suburban disorder of 1980s southern England, 13-year-old Jake watches his world unravel as his father and older brother leave the family home and his mother increasingly finds solace in drink. Even as Jake outwardly shrugs off doubts about his paternity, the question hangs over him like an invisible spectre. A brilliantly structured novel, Glasshopper recreates the time and place of two childhoods and two marriages, evoking a poignant sense of home and family. A masterful debut, it celebrates the enduring optimism of youth, even in the face of tragedy.

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Easy Living Carefully observed, unexpected and mesmerisingly beautiful.

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