The Split
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Cover Story
This month's cover features Jean Ure's new book Faces at the Window (see the Jean Ure Authorgraph) with a photograph by Oliver Hunter. The book is published by Corgi Freeway and we are grateful to Transworld Publishers for their help in using this illustration.
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This story may be too far removed from many children's experiences to strike any real chord, yet what it has to say has its roots in the everyday. Anna's parents are divorcing -Should she stay in Sweden with her mother and brother, or return to the world of wealth and indulgence provided by her rich father? The issue is complicated by her father's girlfriend and Asa, an old man whom Anna befriends. In many ways this is a compelling story, but its stereotypes of old age and family ties occasionally strain the reader's credulity. Recommended for readers aged 13 upwards.
