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  Glasshopper (Paperback) By (author) Isabel Ashdown

  

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  Short Description for GlasshopperIsabel Ashdown's debut novel tells a captivating story of family life, at once troubling, funny and joyous. Vividly bringing to life the gentility of a 1950s childhood, the free-spirited 1960s, and the urban domesticity of 1980s Portsmouth, this is a deeply moving portrait of a family crumbling under the weight of past mistakes.
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  • Publisher: Myriad Editions
  • Published: 17 September 2009
  • Format: Paperback 344 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780954930974 ISBN 10: 0954930975
  • Sales rank: 113,711

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Full description for Glasshopper

• Portsmouth, 1984. Thirteen-year-old Jake's world is unravelling as his father and older brother leave home, and his mother plunges into alcoholic freefall. Despite his turbulent home life, Jake is an irrepressible teenager and his troubled mother is not the only thing on his mind: there's the hi-fi he's saving up for, his growing passion for Greek mythology (and his pretty classics teacher), and the anticipation of brief visits to see his dad. When his parents reconcile, life finally seems to be looking up. Their first family holiday, announced over scampi and chips in the Royal Oak, promises to be the icing on the cake - until long-unspoken family secrets begin to surface. Isabel Ashdown's debut novel tells a captivating story of family life, at once troubling, funny and joyous. Vividly bringing to life the gentility of a 1950s childhood, the free-spirited hedonism of the Sixties, and the urban domesticity of 1980s Portsmouth, this is an intimate, lyrical and deeply moving portrait of a family crumbling under the weight of past mistakes.