Peeling the Onion
A gripping story, told with honesty and biting humour
Kids, Teen, General Fiction, Fiction, Fiction - YA
| Author: | Wendy Orr | ISBN: | 9781743435601 |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin | Publication: | October 1, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Wendy Orr |
| ISBN: | 9781743435601 |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Publication: | October 1, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Language: | English |
*Jenny rushes in; stops and turns pale at the sight of my scaffolded neck. This isn't what she expected to see - and for a moment Jenny, sunny, effervescent, ever-optimistic Jenny, stares at me and can't speak.
'They made a mistake - I broke my neck after all.'
Jenny begins to cry. And I think that maybe this is what best friends are for, not to be brave for you, but to tell you this is real, and it stinks.*
Anna is used to being athletic, popular, 'normal'. Now she feels the layers of her familiar self being peeled away; nothing is normal or easy. Can she pick up the pieces of her life? What part will Hayden and Luke play? And who, now, is Anna Duncan?
*Jenny rushes in; stops and turns pale at the sight of my scaffolded neck. This isn't what she expected to see - and for a moment Jenny, sunny, effervescent, ever-optimistic Jenny, stares at me and can't speak.
'They made a mistake - I broke my neck after all.'
Jenny begins to cry. And I think that maybe this is what best friends are for, not to be brave for you, but to tell you this is real, and it stinks.*
Anna is used to being athletic, popular, 'normal'. Now she feels the layers of her familiar self being peeled away; nothing is normal or easy. Can she pick up the pieces of her life? What part will Hayden and Luke play? And who, now, is Anna Duncan?
