The Best Medicine - Softcover

Hamill, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910411515 ISBN 13: 9781910411513

Verlag: Little Island, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Philip is twelve years old and life is pretty good. He gets on with his mum and gets by pretty well at school - in spite of girl problems, teacher problems, bully problems and - er - poetry problems. Philip's happy-go-lucky life is disrupted when his mother gets breast cancer., Bad enough that your mother is seriously ill - but could she not have developed a less embarrassing kind of cancer - toe cancer, maybe, or ear cancer? Philip's attempts to cope with his situation are both hilarious and touching. Through it all, he's writing letters to his hero, the comedian Harry Hill, looking for advice. A hilarious take on the unfunny subject of cancer; this book brings one of modern life's most prevalent illnesses into the light and gives it a human face

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'Funny, moving and strangely empowering in its determination to laugh in the face of the seemingly unbearable, it's hard to believe that it's a first novel. Look, just buy it. You won't regret the decision.' - John Connolly, New York Times Bestselling author of The Book of Lost Things; 'A wonderful book... I'm flattered and thrilled!' - Harry Hill

Biografía del autor:

Christine Hamill studied English Literature at Queen's University, Belfast. She worked in the arts then trained as a teacher and worked in Spain, England and Northern Ireland. She now lives in Belfast and is a lecturer at a Further Education college where she teaches creative writing. Christine writes books for both adults and children. Her first book was B is for Breast Cancer, a non fiction work for adults based on her own experiences.

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• Verlag: Little Island
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1910411515
• ISBN 13: 9781910411513
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 176