How I Live Now is an original and poignant book by Meg Rosoff.
How I Live Now is the powerful and engaging story of Daisy, the precocious New Yorker and her English cousin Edmond, torn apart as war breaks out in London, from the multi award-winning Meg Rosoff. How I Live Now has been adapted for the big screen by Kevin Macdonald, starring Saoirse Ronan as Daisy and releases in 2013.
Fifteen-year-old Daisy thinks she knows all about love. Her mother died giving birth to her, and now her dad has sent her away for the summer, to live in the English countryside with cousins she's never even met.
There she'll discover what real love is: something violent, mysterious and wonderful. There her world will be turned upside down and a perfect summer will explode into a million bewildering pieces.
How will Daisy live then?
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780141318011
Number of pages: 224
Weight: 159 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'Fresh, honest, rude, funny. I put it down with tears on my face.' - Julie Myerson, The Guardian
'Assured, powerful, engaging . . . you will want to read everything that Rosoff is capable of writing.' - Observer
'An unforgettable adventure.' - Sunday Times
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This book was the first novel I ever read. I usually give up on books that are of no interest to me but finishing this one seemed neccessary. Over a long period of time, the narrator, Daisy contradicts herself a lot.... More
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Not the worst book I've ever read, but definitely not the best. I think incest shouldn't be a taboo subject, however I don't think it should really have a place in a children's book. It's okay.
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