Out of Breath - Hardcover

Julie Myerson

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151 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0224081764 ISBN 13: 9780224081764

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2008

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About the Author:

Julie Myerson is the author of Home: The Story of Everyone Who Ever Lived in Our House and nine novels, including the best-selling Something Might Happen, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize. In the words of the Observer, she 'has a talent for making the unthinkable readable. The results are riveting.'

Review:

"A sweetly corrupt exploration of the childhood fantasy of running away... Myerson is a beautiful conjurer of subtly disturbing atmospheres...haunting" -- Jane Shilling * Sunday Telegraph * "A mythical rite-of-passage novel... mysterious and multi-layered" * Independent * "Compulsively readable and richly inventive... bittersweet, authentic and loveable" * Guardian * "Myerson is a surefooted guide along the wobbly line that separates the real from the surreal ... Myerson captures [adolescence] beautifully in Flynn's compelling voice. The opening of the novel is crisp and immediate, the prose simple and direct ...More than just a coming-of-age story, Out of Breath is a timely reminder about the importance of not growing up too quickly" * New Statesman * "A truly original read, transcending many of the usual boundaries found in fiction" * Scotland on Sunday *

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