My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Narrated by ten year old Jamie, a stunning debut novel about the tragedy that tears apart his family after a terrorist attack, and how they rebuild their lives. Unabridged edition. Full description
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece Narrated by ten year old Jamie, a stunning debut novel about the tragedy that tears apart his family after a terrorist attack, and how they rebuild their lives. Unabridged edition. Full description
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781409132882 (1409132889)
Publish date: March 1st 2011
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Edition language: English
Originally I was only going to give this four stars, but when a book can drive me to tears it automatically becomes a five star read. Assorted thoughts:1. The ending's very open ended and leaves some things unresolved. I'm not sure how I feel about that2. I really like Jamie, I think he's so sweet...
Title: My Sister Lives On The Mantelpiece Author: Annabel Pitcher Publisher: Little, Brown Books for The Young Readers Publication Date: Aug 14th 2012 Page Number: 225 pages Blurb: Ten-year-old Jamie hasn't cried since it happened. He knows he should have - Jasmine cried, Mum cried, Dad still crie...
Wow. V full on story beautifully narrated by David Tennant. Had me laughing occasionally and crying more often. The sheer innocent of the main character's POV just makes some of the chapters incredibly hard to listen to as you can tell the heart-break that's coming his way as adults and the world in...
My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is a book that certainly snuck up on me. After about the fifth time of reading the first chapter and setting it aside in favour of a more action-filled story, I finally told myself to sit down and finish reading it already – and I am so glad that I did.This book de...
I only put books on my shelf that I would recommend to others. If I can't say good things about a book you won't find it here because many other readers might love what I leave on my 'unreadable' pile - I think that's the fair way to review on a site like this.
12 years ago
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