Description
Every cloud has a silver lining... doesn't it?
Anna is thirteen years old, lives in London with her father, and has Asperger's syndrome. When her father dies, she moves to Scotland to live with her estranged, reclusive mother.
With little support to help her fit in, she must use every coping strategy her father taught her - especially her 'Happy Game' - as she tries to connect with her mother, discover her past, and deal with the challenges of being thrown into a brand new life along the way.
Eleanor H. Porter's 'Pollyanna' re-imagined for a new generation.
About the Author
Laura Guthrie grew up in the rural Scottish Highlands ("I come from where the planes don't fly") and currently lives in Inverness.
She has an honours degree in biological sciences from the University of Edinburgh, and a PhD in creative writing from the University of Glasgow.
She is a member of the Dingwall-based Ross-Shore Writers, and has produced two of her own plays with her theatre company, Sunrise Theatre. Her poetry and short fiction have been anthologised by several Scottish presses. She is the winner of the 2016 Exeter Story Prize. Anna is her first novel.
Reviews
Heart-warming and life-affirming.
Kevin MacNeil
Guthrie has an unerring instinct for the darkness that can daunt lives and for the robust spirit of optimism that time and again saves us. Narrated with simplicity and sincerity, the reader will be swept up in the adventures and misadventures of Anna.
Cynthia Rogerson
'Guthrie has an unerring instinct for the darkness that can daunt lives and for the robust spirit of optimism that time and again saves us. Narrated with simplicity and sincerity, the reader will be swept up in the adventures and misadventures of Anna'.
-- Cynthia Rogerson'Heart-warming and life-affirming'
-- Kevin MacneilBook Information
ISBN 9781911279662
Author Laura Guthrie
Format Paperback
Page Count 356
Imprint Gob Stopper
Publisher Cranachan Publishing Limited
Weight(grams) 334g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 125mm * 25mm
