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Tradotto da: Clelia Venturelli
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Yorkshire, 1979. La regione è inquieta e disturbata non solo dal governo Thatcher che, tra le altre cose, ha eliminato il latte gratuito dalle scuole, ma anche da un serial killer che continua ad ammazzare giovani donne.
Miv, 12 anni, decide di correre ai ripari, e di cercare il colpevole per far tornare la serenità nel loro vicinato. La sua famiglia sta parlando di trasferirsi, la presenza del serial killer è troppo incombente, e Miv non vuole proprio separarsi dall'amica del cuore Sharon. Le due ragazzine cominciano dunque la loro piccola ma arguta indagine stilando una lista di tutte le «cose sospette» riguardo agli uomini della comunità, a iniziare dal pakistano dell’alimentari all'angolo – tutti gli adulti lo evitano, i ragazzi compiono atti vandalici contro di lui... è senz’altro sospetto –, a seguire col più severo dei professori della scuola, sempre arrabbiato e prepotente, e via così con molti altri personaggi della cittadina visti dagli occhi di una ragazzina pronta a credere, ma subito dopo a sfatare, i pesanti luoghi comuni che prosperano nella loro comunità. E a scoprire molti più segreti – tra le famiglie del vicinato – di quanti avrebbero mai pensato possibili.
- ISBN: 8833943992
- Casa Editrice: Bollati Boringhieri
- Pagine: 480
- Data di uscita: 04-02-2025
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Shall I reveal a mysterious metaphor? When I reached the end of The List of Suspicious Things, I snapped the book closed as one normally does upon finishing a book. As I glimpsed at the cover, my attention was drawn to the bird. Why is this bird on the front cover and featured so prominently on the s Leggi tutto
Check out all my reviews on: The Book Review Crew Blog I saw this book all over Twitter for the last nine months, Jennie Godfrey has a debut hit on her hands for good reason. A coming-of-age mystery set against the backdrop of the 80s while the Yorkshire Ripper does his bad deeds The List of Susp
Yorkshire 1979 Margaret Thatcher has just been elected (imagine a woman as Prime Minister!!) and the Yorkshire Ripper is terrorizing Northern England. And, now Miv’s father feels like a move away from Yorkshire might be what’s BEST for his family, threatening to move them all “Down South”. 12 year ol Leggi tutto
‘There’ll be trouble at t’mill’, there sure will Aunty Jean. It’s 1979 and Aunty Jean is in full flow about Margaret Thatcher being elected Prime Minister, she’s not happy about the “milk snatcher“, it’ll spell the end for Yorkshire that is if the Ripper doesn’t do that first, our own homegrown West Leggi tutto
I'm afraid it's one of those awkward times when you review a book everyone loves...and you don't. The List of Suspicious seems to be getting 5 stars from one and all but I'm an outlier on this one. It's a coming-of-age story set in Yorkshire around the time of the Ripper murders. A young girl called M Leggi tutto
If this is a debut I can't wait to read more by this author. I could probably write a list of why I thoroughly enjoyed this book: I'm from Yorkshire (not far from Dewsbury), I was around the same age as Miv when the Ripper terrorised the streets, I too had a pretty friend who boys were attracted to
As a child of the 80s and a born and bred Yorkshire lass, as soon as I read the first line of this book, I knew I was going to love it. It invoked childhood memories of growing up in Yorkshire - the dialect, the accents and growing up in a small community. The main character, Miv, is a very strong wi Leggi tutto
You know how you see a book everywhere, and think HOW CAN THIS DESERVE SO MUCH HYPE? Then you start reading, and you think IT DESERVES THE HYPE. Then you finish, and know it NEEDS EVEN MORE HYPE! Brava Jennie Godfrey! This book is gorgeous ❤️
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