ISBN: 0140087311
Godina izdanja: 1986
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Lucy Irvine - Runaway
Penguin, 1986
346 str.
meki povez
stanje: vrlo dobro

This remarkable book is both the compulsive story of a young girl`s stormy passage to maturity and a desperate search for sexual identity after violation. It is an unflinching record of courage, honesty, rebellion and survival - and the price that can be paid for true independence.

The author of the best-selling Castaway here tells the story of her life before her famous sojourn to survive for a year with no supplies on a Pacific Island. Her first book had the appeal of an adventure and fantasy played out in real life. Her second book is a stream-of-consciousness autobiography of her adolescent years. She repeatedly runs away from school, her family, and conventional life to hitchhike around England and Europe. The problems she encounters and the strange people she lives with add to her inner turmoil. However, Irvine is a gifted writer. This book is based closely on diaries she kept during her teens, and so provides insight to the thinking of a teenager facing mental and emotional problems. A disturbing but thought-provoking work. Recommended for adult collections.


Nonfiction, Biography, Memoir, Autobiography