Penelope
$31.04
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
29 July 2013
Summary
Meet Penelope O’Shaughnessy, Harvard freshman.
Armed with her Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights poster and party conversation modelled on the repartee of Noel Coward, Penelope is ready to take her place on campus. But where are the kindred spirits who will share her passion for Morse code and Tetris? Penelope’s roommates, over-achieving Emma and the sullen Lan, seem to have already got to grips with university life, and she is finding it hard to work out if the dashing but elusive Gustav m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844088652 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844088650 |
| Author: | Rebecca Harrington |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 29 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 133mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Virago Press |
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Full of wit, insight and wonderful characters … Penelope sets the bar staggeringly high for 2013. If I read a more enjoyable book this year, I’ll be amazed - Daily Mail
· Refreshing, pleasantly absurd, highly addictive. Penelope would describe herself as awkward and forgettable. Awkward: yes. Forgettable: absolutely not - Kaui Hemmings, Author Of The DescendantsA witty coming-of-age debut - GraziaAbout The Author
Rebecca Harrington
Rebecca Harrington read English at Harvard, Journalism at Columbia and now works as a staff writer for The Huffington Post. An anglophile, she regularly visits the UK but is currently based in New York. PENELOPE is her debut novel.
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