Jane Gardam

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BilgewaterPaperback, 7 June 2016

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Reading Age
Ages: 13-17
Grade Levels
8-12
Print Length
208 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Europa Editions
Date Published
7 Jun 2016
ISBN-10
160945331X
ISBN-13
9781609453312

Description

"A quirky coming-of-age story . . . Female adolescence as imagined by one of the 20th century's best--and most peculiar--writers" (Kirkus Reviews).

Originally published in 1977, Jane Gardams Bilgewater is an affectionate and complex rendering-in-miniature of the discomforts of growing up and first love seen through the eyes of inimitable Marigold Green, an awkward, eccentric, highly intelligent girl. The Evening Standard described Bilgewater as "one of the funniest, most entertaining, most unusual stories about young love."
Motherless and sixteen, Marigold is the headmaster's daughter at a private backwater all-boys school. To make matters worse, Marigold pines for head boy Jack Rose, reckons with the beautiful and domineering Grace, and yanks herself headlong out of her interior world and into the seething cauldron of adolescence. With everything happening all at once, Marigold faces the greatest of teenage crucibles.

A smart and painterly romp in the rich tradition of The Hollow Land and A Long Way from Verona, Gardam's elegant, evocative prose, possessed of sharp irony and easy surrealism makes Bilgewater a book for readers of all ages.

"This is no ordinary bildungsroman." --New Pages

"A striking story."--Times Literary Supplement

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 13-17
Author:
Jane Gardam
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
7 June 2016
Dimensions:
20.83 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 8-12
ISBN-10:
160945331X
ISBN-13:
9781609453312
Language:
English
Pages:
208
Publisher:
Weight:
317.51 gm

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