All I Ever Wanted
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781921758300 (1921758309)
ASIN: 9781921758300
Publish date: June 27th 2011
Publisher: Text Publishing Co
Pages no: 202
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Romance,
Drama,
Family,
Coming Of Age,
Contemporary,
Australia,
Young Adult Contemporary,
Fiction
Oh, man. I really, really liked this. Mim dreams of a different life, a life far, far away (in every respect) from her current one and it’s not difficult to understand why she wants to escape. She lives in a rough neighborhood where bright futures are the rarity, not the foregone conclusion. The f...
It's been two days since I read this and still don't think what I have to say will do it justice. I LOVED THIS. And while I do believe Marchetta to be the queen of complicated, emotional relationships, All I Ever Wanted left me feeling a little of what I feel everytime I pick up The Piper's Son or S...
“The summer holiday is nearly over.This is not how it’s supposed to be.”There is nothing saccharine about Mim Dodd’s life. She’s nine days away from seventeen, has two brothers in remand, and lives in a dead suburb with a Mother she is desperate to be nothing like. Mim wants to be anywhere else, and...