Limit this search to....

Whispers on the Trampoline
Contributor(s): Radford, Sarah (Author)
ISBN: 176041106X     ISBN-13: 9781760411060
Publisher: Debbie Lee
OUR PRICE:   $17.10  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2016
Qty:
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Family Life - Siblings
- Fiction | Women
- Fiction | Coming Of Age
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.43 lbs) 146 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Family
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

Bella was only seventeen when her mother Elie died. Jack and Katie were even younger. Each dealt with the loss in different ways: Bella became the surrogate mother, the responsible one; Katie the arty rebellious eternal wild child; and Jack never settled, changing jobs and girlfriends, looking for the next adventure. When Bella discovers Elie's diary stashed away among her father's belongings, she and her siblings spend the next year reading it together and within its pages are given the chance to remember their childhood through their mother's eyes, challenge family narratives and discover the secrets and wisdom she didn't have time to tell them. It is a gift from her to challenge the past and face the future with a new perspective. Whispers on the Trampoline is a beautiful tale about a mother who turned everyday events into magical stories; and the chance, over a dozen years later, for her three children to finally finish the story she started telling

Contributor Bio(s): Radford, Sarah: - Sarah Radford grew up travelling the world, and has lived on four continents, amid a variety of cultures including the highlands of Papua New Guinea, refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border, small country towns, Edinburgh, Boston, and now Adelaide, her home of many years. Her writing is an emotional journey through the wonderful range of human experience. She has had many poems published, including a collection of her own work, On the Back of a Giant Turtle. She works as a teacher and disability carer, and runs writing workshops; but the job which brings her the most joy is as a mother of five and grandmother of three.