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21 - 45 (Paperback)
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21 - 45 (Paperback)
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If Holden Caulfield had been a girl, if he'd grown up poor and been
obsessed with film noir and French knickers, 21:45 might be his
story. The heroine of 21:45 has a unique voice - funny, dirty,
irreverent, inventive, raw. You won't often encounter such a
complex, compelling - yet slightly irritating - female. Her world
is grimy and mundane, with unexpected flashes of beauty. At age 21
- in the throes of an existential crisis - she intends to commit
suicide (wearing a vintage prom dress). Concerned about leaving no
trace, she decides to write her memoirs. After a brief dash through
her eccentric childhood, we see her discovering alcohol,
shoplifting and sex. Disco and punk provide the soundtrack. One
night, she meets the love of her celluloid life, Charlie - a Steve
McQueen look alike and housebreaker extraordinaire. Age sixteen,
she leaves school. Bored with her first job, she decides to go to
college, but then discovers that Charlie has died in prison.
Nothing is ever the same again. In an attempt to understand her
'fall', she buys a beret and reads Nausea. In her search for a
'reason to be' she: attempts to write a best seller; tries
psychotherapy; advertises in a lonely hearts column; goes on a
budget coach trip round Europe and gets to know the coach driver
intimately. 21 ends with carefully arranged death bed mise en
scene, complete with replica gun and still from Gilda. The best
coming of age novels leave us wanting to know what happened next -
45 presents the reader with six possible scenarios. Is our middle
aged heroine enjoying an idyllic afterlife, with a devoted Jake
Gyllenhaal mowing the lawn in just his knickers. Or did she find
her reason to be?
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Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2013 |
First published: |
September 2013 |
Authors: |
Sue Saunders
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
310 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4935-2370-2 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4935-2370-8 |
Barcode: |
9781493523702 |
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