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Mouthing the Words

Published
Apr 2001
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General Fiction General Fiction
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256

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Thelma is six years old. Life at home is unsettling and disturbing; her father's games are not enjoyable and her mother dotes on Willy, the favoured child. When her parents move to Canada, Thelma smuggles her imaginary friends with her in her suitcase. By turns harrowing and wonderfully funny, Mouthing the Words tells Thelma's story of sexual abuse, anorexia, borderline multiple personality disorder and her return to England. Reminiscent of Jeanette Winterson and Sylvia Plath, Mouthing the Words is a remarkable and inspiring fiction debut.

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Feb 2002 Vintage (UK) ISBN 0099286580
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First Edition Apr 2001 Carroll & Graf ISBN 0786708522
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Dec 2010 Vintage ISBN 140905893X
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