Joso From Seven to the Sea

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78172-483-5
Verlag: Seren
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten

From Seven to the Sea explores the emotions of childhood and an almost limitless capacity for imagination, invention, and fearlessness as it charts the survival of seven-year-old Esther as she negotiates her mother and stepfather's dysfunction, and a school environment that exposes her to further prejudice and injustice. It is a window onto the world of a child who rejects convention and expectation, and who embarks on an expedition into liberty and freethinking; and who, each day, in place of school, sets out to sea. 'With this tender story of trauma in a child's life, brimming with sympathy and insight, Jayne Joso hymns the compassion of strangers and the consolations of the sea.' - Horatio Clare ' 'A beautifully written and masterfully calibrated portrayal of the search for sanctuary and enchantment within a childhood under siege.' -Chloe Aridjis

Jayne Joso is a British novelist, playwright, writer and artist. Having lived and worked in Japan, China and Kenya she now lives in the UK. She received her first play commission in China. Written to celebrate Children's Day, the play: China's Smile, enjoyed a long theatre run and was televised. Her poetic children's book How Do You Feel? was published in Japan and has been reprinted many times. In 2012, she was awarded the Coracle International Writer's Residency in Ireland. Joso is the author of three previous novels Soothing Music for Stray Cats (2009) Perfect Architect (2011) and My Falling Down House (2016), which was awarded the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation Award, and which the New York Times called 'An unacknowledged gem: subtle, allusive, and deceptively ambitious.'

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joso, Jayne