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In My Skin (häftad, eng)
I watched the glaze of headlights, the windscreens of oncoming cars: a series of trapezoids with the silhouette of a single male drive...
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I watched the glaze of headlights, the windscreens of oncoming cars: a series of trapezoids with the silhouette of a single male driver. One pulled up in front of me; I reached over and opened the door, slid in. The smell of an unfamiliar car. A middle-aged man looking at me.
''Hi,'' I said. ''How are you''.
Kate Holden is accustomed to being summed up at a glance: arts graduate, history buff, middle-class daughter, dreamer, innocent. But she is a young woman who understands better than most the secrets that people keep hidden.
In My Skin follows her journey from her reputation as a ''good girl'' in the safe and leafy suburbs of Melbourne to the all-consuming attractions of heroin and the sex industry.
This is a story of survival and resourcefulness; an unflinching look at the consequences of addictionHolden''s journey leads her from a sheltered life in her loving family home to a world of sex for money - a seedy netherworld of back lanes, backseats and brothels.
More than just a fearless and compelling narrative, In My Skin is a triumphant announcement of a major new literary talent.
Format | Häftad |
Omfång | 304 sidor |
Språk | Engelska |
Förlag | Canongate Books |
Utgivningsdatum | 2007-01-25 |
ISBN | 9781841959313 |
Specifikation
Böcker
- Häftad, 304, Engelska, Canongate Books, 2007-01-25, 9781841959313
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Specifikation
Böcker
- Format Häftad
- Antal sidor 304
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Canongate Books
- Utgivningsdatum 2007-01-25
- ISBN 9781841959313