**'This is a strong, character-driven story from a talented playwright and novelist, which tackles some hefty issues with lightness and humour. It is an impressive debut.'_Books_ \+ **_**Publishin** g _ Since Ava lost Kelly, things haven't been going so well. Even before she gets thrown out of s
Beautiful Mess
β Scribed by Christian, Claire
- Book ID
- 109539125
- Publisher
- The Text Publishing Company
- Year
- 2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 957 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781925498547
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
**'This is a strong, character-driven story from a talented playwright and novelist, which tackles some hefty issues with lightness and humour. It is an impressive debut.'Books + **_Publishin g _
Since Ava lost Kelly, things haven't been going so well. Even before she gets thrown out of school for shouting at the principal, there's the simmering rage and all the weird destructive choices. The only thing going right for Ava is her job at Magic Kebab.
Which is where she meets Gideon. Skinny, shy, anxious Gideon. A mad poet and collector of vinyl records with an aversion to social media. He lives in his head. She lives in her grief. The only people who can help them move on with their lives are each other.
The winner of the 2016 Text Prize, Beautiful Mess is funny and sad and a bit screwed up and romantic and absolutely real. In other words, a lot like life.
Claire Christian is a novelist and...
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