The Other Side
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Cover Story
"Our cover picture Holiday traffic on its way to the coast, August 1960' may evoke nostalgia, interest, curiosity or speculation. Whatever the response, if it encourages close looking that is what Penny Marshall had in mind when she selected for Cars (0 356 l 1393 0) in her The Camera as witness series for Macdonald."
The Other Side
Her seemingly indomitable mother's nervous breakdown shocks Alison to the core, but worse is yet to come when she is forced to stay with her father, his new wife and step-daughter. The whole sequence of traumas, that really began with Gran's death, makes Chrissie, Alison six-year-old brother, escape by reverting to babyhood, but for Alison release comes through vivid fantasies that prove nearly fatal. There's a lot of anger and pain in this book. Ms Wilson has managed to convey very convincingly just how the breakdown of relationships leaves only victims in its wake, no winners. A moving novel for mid-late secondary readers.