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An Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
When Mona Gray is ten, her father contracts a mysterious illness. His gradual withdrawal from everyday life marks a similar change in Mona, who removes herself from anything - or anyone - that might bring her happiness. Numbers provide a kind of solace, and help her make sense of the world: she counts w ...Show more
The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender
$37.00 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction
'The Butterfly Lampshade is an unflinching, empathetic portrayal of a childhood touched by mental illness. As always, Aimee Bender's respect for the child and the child within translates into wisdom and magic on the page.' Jing-Jing Lee, author of How We Disappeared On the night her mother is taken to ...Show more
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt by Aimee Bender
$27.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
"A collection of wistful, witty stories." --Esquire "Hilarious, deep and a little bit dirty." --Harper's Bazaar A grief-stricken librarian decides to have sex with every man who enters her library. A half-mad, unbearably beautiful heiress follows a strange man home, seeking total sexual abandon: He onl ...Show more
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Reading Level: very good
On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents' attention, bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: She can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. She discovers this ...Show more
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
$60.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
The wondrous Aimee Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse. On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents' attention, bites into her mother's homemade lemon ...Show more
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