Synopsis
1988. 12-year-old Harper Richardson's parents are divorced. Her mum got custody of her, the Mini, and five hundred tins of baked beans. Her dad got a mouldering cottage in a Midlands backwater village and default membership of the Lone Rangers single parents' club. Harper got questionable dress sense, a zest for life, two gerbils, and her Chambers dictionary, and the responsibility of fixing her parents' broken hearts...
Set against a backdrop of high hairdos and higher interest rates, pop music and puberty, divorce and death, What a Way to Go is a warm, wise and witty tale of one girl tackling the business of growing up while those around her try not to fall apart.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- ISBN: 9781782397540
- Number of pages: 304
- Dimensions: 200 x 129 x 22 mm
- Languages: English
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A Debut novel set in the 1980’s full of wit and charm but also touching. A joyous read from beginning to end
Set in the 1980’s a decade of colour and change a time of Kylie Minogue and Culture Club you either loved this era or just wanted to hide for the next deca... READ MORE
What A Way To Go is an accomplished debut
What A Way To Go is a beautiful and vivid homage to the 1980s. Julia Forster introduces the reader to Harper and her broken-up, on the edge, very nearly ma... READ MORE