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È l’ultimo giorno di scuola, all’imbrunire di un pomeriggio di giugno. Libby (voce narrante) e i suoi quattro fratelli sono in macchina, alla guida la madre Faye, nervosa e stanca. All’improvviso, dopo un battibecco con la dodicenne Ellen, Faye ferma l’auto nel mezzo del nulla, obbliga la figlia a scendere e riparte con uno stridore di gomme. Sta calando il buio e per raggiungere casa ci sono quasi dieci chilometri: come farà Ellen a cavarsela?
Dopo ore di tensione la bambina riappare, ferita e sotto shock. Si scopre che, dopo aver fatto l’autostop, Ellen si e gettata in corsa dall’auto di un adulto spaventoso, dai capelli lunghi e biondi “come quelli di una Barbie”, che aveva cominciato a molestarla.
L’accaduto viene custodito come un segreto tra le sorelle, che medicano Ellen e se ne prendono cura senza che la madre sospetti alcunché. Tutto sembra concludersi al meglio, ma nessuno immagina che la decisione impulsiva e insensata di Faye cambierà la vita della sua famiglia per sempre.
Ambientato nell’America profonda degli anni ottanta, tra genitori che non si assumono le proprie responsabilità e ragazzi che hanno un’imperfetta, spesso disastrosa conoscenza del mondo adulto, questo romanzo è un viaggio da brivido in un contesto familiare difficile.
- ISBN: 8833210898
- Casa Editrice: astoria
- Pagine: 288
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Ooh, a storm is threatening My very life today If I don't get some shelter Ooh yeah I'm gonna fade away - from Gimme Shelter by the Rolling Stones The 80s, late Spring. Faye Gallagher, a widowed single mother to five, has bloody well had it. Thomas and Ellen will not stop going at each other in the
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