It was like picking up some strange fruit that was black and glossy on the outside and biting
into the flesh to find the taste was bitter beyond words. But she could not spit it out. She had to chew on that
flesh and swallow every bit of the pulp.
Rebecca’s dad is so much stricter than her friends’ fathers. When she stays out late and comes home smelling of alcohol and smoke they have a blazing row and she tells him she hates him. Tragically, those are the last words she will ever say to him.
Grief at her father’s death is mixed with a terrible guilt, but while Rebecca is still trying to cope with these powerful emotions she finds out that her father had a secret life.
As she struggles to discover what he was really doing on the night he was killed, Rebecca must learn to deal with tragedy and face the truth about a world in which everything is much more complicated than it looks.
Orchard ISBN 1841210056
"What is remarkable about this book is Keaney’s uncanny ability to delve into the heart of a teenage girl’s dilemmas and present them authentically and with clarity."
Books For Keeps
"A gripping read that will have you in tears from start to finish."
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NORTH EAST BOOK AWARD AND THE SOUTH LANARKSHIRE BOOK AWARD