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SpineOut : June 2014
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READ IT WATCH IT WRITE IT ! Abbotsleigh chats with Claire Furniss I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU'D KNOW, SOMEHOW, IF SOMETHING TERRIBLE WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I THOUGHT YOU'D SENSE IT, LIKE WHEN THE AIR GOES DAMP AND HEAVY BEFORE A STORM AND YOU KNOW YOU'D BETTER HIDE YOURSELF AWAY SOMEWHERE SAFE UNTIL IT ALL BLOWS OVER. BUT IT TURNS OUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL. THERE'S NO SCARY MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND LIKE IN FILMS. NO WARNING SIGNS. THE WORLD CAN TIP AT ANY MOMENT A FACT THAT 15-YEAR-OLD PEARL IS ALL TOO AWARE OF WHEN HER MUM DIES AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO HER BABY SISTER. TOLD ACROSS THE YEAR FOLLOWING HER MOTHER'S DEATH, PEARL'S STORY IS FULL OF BITTERSWEET HUMOUR AND HEARTBREAKING HONESTY ABOUT HOW YOU DEAL WITH GRIEF THAT CUTS YOU TO THE BONE, AS SHE TRIES NOT ONLY TO COME TO TERMS WITH LOSING HER MUM, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT HER SISTER - THE RAT - IS A CONSTANT REMINDER OF WHY HER MUM IS NO LONGER AROUND.... PUBLISHED BY SIMON & SCHUSTER DID YOU AGONISE? HAPPY ENDING / NOT HAPPY ENDING? WHAT WILL YOU WRITE NEXT? Georgia, Alice and Katherine from Abbotsleigh, NSW, asked Claire Furniss about her new book, The Year of the Rat. HAVE YOU READ THAT RAT BOOK?
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