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020			_a9781911215400
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books,Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bMAR/HO
100			_aMarcus,Carmen
245			_aHOW SAINTS DIE
250			_a1
260			_aLondon _bHarvill Secker _c2017/01/01
300			_g356
500			_aTen years old and irrepressibly curious, Ellie lives with her fisherman father, Peter, on the wild North Yorkshire coast. It's the 1980s and her mother's breakdown is discussed only in whispers, with the promise 'better by Christmas' and no further explanation. Steering by the light of her dad's sea-myths, her mum's memories of home across the water, and a fierce spirit all her own, Ellie begins to learn - in these sudden, strange circumstances - who she is and what she can become. By the time the first snowdrops show, her innocence has been shed, but at great cost. This vivacious and deeply moving novel portrays adult breakdown through the eyes of a brightly imaginative child, sensitively explores questions of responsibility and care, and, above all, celebrates the power of stories to shape, nourish and even save us.
650			_aFiction
942			_cLEN
942			_2ddc
999			_c150794 _d150794