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The first true lie  Cover Image Book Book

The first true lie / Marina Mander ; translated from the Italian by Stephen Twilley.

Mander, Marina, 1963- (author.). Twilley, Stephen, (translator.).

Summary:

Meet Luca, a curious young boy living with his mother, a taciturn woman who every now and then tries out a new father. Luca keeps to himself, his cat, Blue, and his favorite toys - words. One February morning his mom doesn't wake up to take him to school, so Luca--driven by a deep fear of being an orphan - decides to pretend to the world that his mom is still alive.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780857865496
  • Physical Description: 179 pages ; 18 cm
  • Publisher: Edinburgh : Canongate, 2014.
Subject: Boys > Fiction
Mothers and sons > Fiction
Mothers > Death > Fiction
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Fiction
Coming of age > Fiction
Identity (Psychology) > Fiction

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kitimat Public Library.

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