By Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock (author)
"An unusual setting for a gripping tale of hardship and love told from different viewpoints, beautifully crafted"
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Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2017 | Shortlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award | Longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2016
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock's extraordinary, stunning debut is both moving, and deeply authentic. These intertwining stories of love, tragedy, wild luck, and salvation on the edge of America's Last Frontier introduce a writer of rare and wonderful talent.
Alaska, 1970: growing up here is like nowhere else. Ruth wants to be remembered by her grieving mother. Dora wishes she was invisible to her abusive father.
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Alyce is staying at home to please her parents. Hank is running away for the sake of his brothers. Four very different lives are about to become entangled.
Because if we don't save each other, how can we begin to save ourselves?
Born and raised in Alaska and a longtime journalist for Alaska Public Radio, Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock spent ten years fishing commercially and raised her children on a boat in Southeast Alaska - bringing a rare authenticity to her writing about America's last frontier. She now lives in Lyons, Colorado, where she's slowly rebuilding her house after the catastrophic floods of September 2013. THE SMELL OF OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES is her first novel.
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Alaska, 1970: growing up here is like nowhere else. Ruth wants to be remembered by her grieving mother.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Smell of Other People's Houses and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
The Smell of Other People's Houses features in the following genres: Stories about Family and Friends, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations, Gritty Reads, Recommended Children's eBooks, Romance / Relationship Stories, Featured Books for Young Adults
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The Smell of Other People's Houses was written by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock and published by Faber & Faber
The Smell of Other People's Houses has 254 pages
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