The Taxi Driver's Daughter - FIRST PRINTING

Darling, Julia

ISBN 10: 0670914193 / ISBN 13: 9780670914197

Published by Viking Books, 2003

About this Item

Fine first printing in fine dust wrapper. Inevitable age toning to edges of text block. As an enthusiastic collector myself I make every effort to provide a high level of service. Enquiries welcomed. Paypal accepted.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Taxi Driver's Daughter - FIRST PRINTING
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670914193
• ISBN 13: 9780670914197
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

It is late December and fifteen-year-old Caris is trying to hang an angel on a Christmas tree in a terraced house in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She is interrupted by the arrival of the police, who have come to announce that her mother, Louise, has been caught stealing a shoe in a department store in town.
Caris's father, Mac, a taxi driver, struggles to keep the family together as Christmas looks set for disaster, especially when Louise's drunken, dishevelled mother moves in. While Mac finds solace talking to his passengers, Caris is drawn into the intriguing darkness of the nearby vale, where she meets George, an unpredictable boy from a very different sort of family. Their relationship leads her away from school and what she has known, into a new and unnerving world.

About the Author

Julia Darling's first novel, Crocodile Soup, was published to great attention in 1998 and was on the longlist for the Orange Prize. It will be reissued by Penguin in 2004. Darling has written plays for radio and for the stage and is also a poet. She lives in Newcastle.