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Née à Birmingham, d’une mère irlandaise et d’un père antillais, Kit de Waal a travaillé pendant quinze ans dans le domaine du droit, dont plusieurs années comme magistrat, et s’est beaucoup impliquée dans le domaine de l’adoption et du placement d’enfant. Ses nouvelles ont été récompensées par plusieurs prix. Je m’appelle Leon est son premier roman.
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The Best of Everything

Kit De Waal


Tinder Press

2025-04-10

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**As featured on BBC One's The One Show**From the author of My Name is Leon comes an unforgettable story of found family and the love that steals into our lives... in spite of our best laid plans.'Tender. Beautifully judged' Guardian 'I read this in...

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Kit de Waal and her brother and sisters had a hard childhood in the West Midlands. Her Irish mother didn't feed them, didn't believe in Christmas or birthdays, and thought the world would end in 1975. Her father saved all his money to return to the Caribbean, where he...

Editeur : Tinder Press
Parution : 2024-04-11

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'Vivid and compelling and so moving... Kit's depiction of her parents' dynamic is both painful and comforting to read' Marian KeyesAS BROADCAST ON BBC RADIO 4From the award-winning author of MY NAME IS LEON comes a childhood memoir set to become a classic: stinging,...

Editeur : Tinder Press
Parution : 2022-08-18

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***From the acclaimed author of My Name is Leon***'Stories of everyday lives that will resonate and move you utterly' Stylist_______________________________________________As she walks out of her marriage, a woman remembers the day her husband rescued a boy from...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2020-07-30

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Télécharger le livre :  Becoming Dinah
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"A gripping, heart-wrenching coming-of-age story" - GuardianIn her first YA novel, Costa-shortlisted Kit de Waal responds to classic Moby Dick by tearing the power away from obsessive Captain Ahab and giving it to a teenage girl.Dinah's whole world is upside down, dead...

Editeur : Orion Children's Books
Parution : 2019-07-11

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Télécharger le livre :  The Trick to Time
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'There's a trick to time. You can make it expand or you can make it contract. Make it shorter or make it longer . . .'Some moments you want to last forever. Some moments shape a life. For Mona, it's the joy of playing on a Wexford beach as a young girl, next to her...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2018-03-29

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Télécharger le livre :  Six Foot Six
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It's an exciting day for Timothy Flowers.It's the third of November, and it's Friday, and it's his twenty-first birthday. When Timothy walks to his usual street corner to see his favourite special bus, he meets Charlie. Charlie is a builder who is desperate for ...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2018-02-01

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Télécharger le livre :  My Name Is Leon
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A TIMES and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE IRISH NOVEL PRIZE Soon to be a major BBC film starring Sir Lenny Henry, Malachi Kirby, Monica Dolan, Olivia Williams and Christopher Eccleston. It's 1981, a year of riots and royal weddings. The Dukes of Hazzard is on...

Editeur : Penguin
Parution : 2016-06-02

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