Somebody Loves You

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Ruby gives up talking at a young age. Her mother isn’t always there to notice; she comes and goes and goes and comes, until, one day, she doesn’t. Silence becomes Ruby’s refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mother’s mental illness and a pressurized suburban atmosphere. Plangent, deft, and sparkling with humour, Somebody Loves You is the fiction debut from Forward Prize-winning poet Mona Arshi, and a moving exploration of how we choose or refuse to tell the stories that shape us.

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A teacher asked me a question, andI opened my mouth as a sort of formality but closed it softly, knowing withperfect certainty that nothing would ever come out again. Ruby givesup talking at a young age. Her mother isn’t always there to notice; she comesand goes and goes and comes, until, one day, she doesn’t. Silence becomesRuby’s refuge, sheltering her from the weather of her mother’s mental illnessand a pressurized suburban atmosphere. Plangent,deft, and sparkling with wry humour, SomebodyLoves You is a moving exploration of how we choose or refuse to tell thestories that shape us.

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Weight 0.204 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 1.9 cm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

176

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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