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Katie's life is falling apart: her mum's controlling, her dad's run off, she's in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal and now her estranged grandmother's turned up on the doorstep and Katie's expected to take care of her. Soon Katie discovers she's not the only one in her family hiding the truth. If she's going to get her life back together, she's going to have to expose everyone's deepest secrets - including her own.

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This life-affirming story about a complicated family . . . is stunningly told * The Times Children's Book of the Week *
This is a beautifully drawn portrait of three generations of women, hugely ambitious in its interwoven examination of sexual identity, family secrets, torn loyalties, family secrets, torn loyalties and the life-affirming power of breaking away from suffocating conventions * Daily Mail *
This moving tale of three generations of women shouldn't be missed * Closer *

Unbecoming

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A Paperback / softback by Jenny Downham

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    Publisher: David Fickling Books
    Publication Date: 26/05/2016
    ISBN13: 9781910989029, 978-1910989029
    ISBN10: 1910989029

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Katie's life is falling apart: her mum's controlling, her dad's run off, she's in love with someone whose identity she can't reveal and now her estranged grandmother's turned up on the doorstep and Katie's expected to take care of her. Soon Katie discovers she's not the only one in her family hiding the truth. If she's going to get her life back together, she's going to have to expose everyone's deepest secrets - including her own.

    Trade Review
    This life-affirming story about a complicated family . . . is stunningly told * The Times Children's Book of the Week *
    This is a beautifully drawn portrait of three generations of women, hugely ambitious in its interwoven examination of sexual identity, family secrets, torn loyalties, family secrets, torn loyalties and the life-affirming power of breaking away from suffocating conventions * Daily Mail *
    This moving tale of three generations of women shouldn't be missed * Closer *

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