Summary
Grief Angels: A Journey Through Loss and Understanding
15-year-old Owen Marlow is adrift after the sudden death of his father and his mother’s decision to move them to a new town. His old friends don’t know how to handle his grief, and he’s given up on making new ones. There’s one guy at school who might be different, but Owen is consumed by sadness.
Strange, powerful hallucinations plague him: skeletal birds circling overhead. He dismisses them as a coping mechanism until, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349003429 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349003424 |
| Author: | David Owen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | ATOM |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 251g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 28mm |
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Not many YA writers can combine authenticity with such tenderness, so raw at times it’s painful. A unique premise told beautifully - Kiran Millwood Hargrave (via Instagram)
Not many YA writers can combine authenticity with such tenderness, so raw at times it’s painful. A unique premise told beautifully - Kiran Millwood Hargrave (via Instagram)
A truly extraordinary and original book. Utterly gobsmackingly brilliant. I felt elated, heartbroken and uplifted by the beauty of it. Raw and written from the heart, it’s a phenomenal read - Liz Hyder, author of BearmouthA powerful meditation on grief and friendship … There’s a really satisfying arc, and the visits to Owen’s other world add a mythic perspective. - The i newspaperHalf realistic, half mystical, wholly successful - Financial TimesAbout The Author
David Owen
David Owen studied created writing at The University of Winchester, where he went on to teach for three years. David is the author of three novels: Panther (2015), which was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal, The Fallen Children (2017), and All the Lonely People (2019); all of which were published by Atom Books. All the Lonely People was described by the Guardian as, ‘An adroit, fast-paced YA page-turner that movingly explores themes of isolation, disaffection and our overwhelming need to be connected’.
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