Dance on My Grave: A Life and a Death in Four Parts

Hal's summer affair with Barry Goldman ends tragically when Hal discovers he is much more committed to the relationship than his friend.

Dance on my grave: A life and a death in four parts

Aidan Chambers

Harper&Row

Subtitled "The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn", this is the story of Cordelia from the time she is 15 until she is 20. She is pregnant and plans to give this account to her daughter on her 16th birthday so that they can share their youth together. She chooses the old and famous Japanese book "The Pillow Book" by Sei Shonagon' as a model in order to include all kinds of things she has already written as well as the episodes and thoughts she has now as she compiles her book. She tells of her mother (who died when Cordelia was 5) of her father and her aunt Doris (who marry when she is 16), of her love for William Blacklin, the boy with whom she chooses to have her first sex - and with whom she falls deeply in love. She writes about Julie Martin her teacher who helps her spiritually, describes her love affair with an older married man and her terrifying sexual experience with an unbalanced young man who is obsessed with her. The book includes thoughts on being a women, on poetry, music, reading and writing, on being pregnant and finally of her marriage to William. "This Is All" is an anthology, written in six 'books' of Cordelia's adolescent life, by turns funny, poignant, sad, exciting, fascinating ironic and truthful about topics that parents often do not tell their children. It is a richly entertaining and challenging read.

This Is All: The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn

Teen & Young Adult

DEFINITIONS

Dance On My Grave (Definitions Series)

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Red Fox

Now I Know (Definitions Series)

RANDOM HOUSE UK

Three teens test their sexuality and the bonds of their friendship as they discover who they are--and aren't--in a harrowing course of events that leaves all three wondering if you can ever really know anyone. This powerful novel, infused with symbolism and metaphor, will challenge the reader's very way of thinking. From the author of Dance On My Grave.

The Toll Bridge (Definitions Series) (Red Fox Young Adult Books)

Lucy is tormented by class bullies who demand that she bring them gifts.

The Present Takers

Growing Up & Facts of Life

In Time to Come: An SF Anthology

Macmillan

The Present Takers (M Books)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Nelson Thornes Ltd

What happens to Jacob Todd when he visits his grandfather's grave at the annual commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem is paralleled in time by the events of the dramatic day in World War II, when retreating troops were sheltered by the family of Geertrui Van Riet.

Postcards from No Man's Land

BODLEY HEAD CHILDREN\'S BOOKS

Kissing Game

Bodley Head/ Random House

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