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The Year of The Rat
The Year of The Rat | Clare Furniss
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I always thought you'd know, somehow, if something terrible was going to happen. I thought you'd sense it, like when the air goes damp and heavy before a storm and you know you'd better hide yourself away somewhere safe until it all blows over. But it turns out it's not like that at all. There's no scary music playing in the background like in films. No warning signs. Not even a lonely magpie. One for sorrow, Mum used to say. Quick, look for another. The world can tip at any moment … a fact that fifteen-year-old Pearl is all too aware of when her mum dies after giving birth to her baby sister. Told across the year following her mother's death, Pearl's story is full of bittersweet humour and heartbreaking honesty about how you deal with grief that cuts you to the bone, as she tries not only to come to terms with losing her mum, but also the fact that her sister - The Rat - is a constant reminder of why her mum is no longer around…
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Buechersuechtling
The Year of The Rat | Clare Furniss
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Das ist das einzige Buch, das ich in den letzten Wochen beendet habe. Und auch das ist schon lange her.

Ich kann mich erinnern, dass es herzerwärmende Passagen hatte, mich alles in allem aber nicht komplett begeistert hat. Ich fand es stellenweise etwas larmoyant, kann mich aber erinnern, dass ich mit 15 zeitweise auch so war. ? Von daher ist es vielleicht sogar ein gutes Buch, das mich lediglich auf dem falschen Lesefuß erwischt hat.

Sarah83 Du bist so still die letzte Zeit 😉 8y
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Buechersuechtling
The Year of The Rat | Clare Furniss
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Mein #BorrowHaul-Buch Nummer 2.

Auch von meinem #Merkzettel.
Auch #entliehen, weil es mit 167 Seiten vergleichsweise kurz ist.

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15 ~ The Year of The Rat by Claire Furniss (Paperback📖) ~ Started: 05.02.17 ~ Finished: 09.02.17
Rating: 5/5📚

I enjoyed 'The Year of the Rat', it was such a heartfelt story with lovely characters, there is something for everyone, it deals with issues that everyone has to face at sometime in their lives.

Highly recommended.

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ehewett88
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Off to New York tomorrow, yes.The first book of the holiday, #BRL