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Playing With the Grown-ups: A Novel
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780385524612
- Book Title
- Playing with the Grown-Ups : a Novel
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Contemporary Women, Literary, Coming of Age
- Item Weight
- 15.8 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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For Kitty, growing up at Hay House amongst bluebell woods and doting relations is heaven. But for her mother, the restless Marina, a bohemian beauty who paints and weeps with alacrity, this comfortable domesticity cannot provide the novelty and excitement she craves. Marina is utterly beguiling, but more often than not Kitty can only gaze on her antics with awe and toe-curling trepidation. When Swami-ji, Marina's Guru, sees Marina's future in New York, the family relocates, leaving Kitty exiled in a colorless boarding school. Reprieve comes in the form of the Guru's summons to the ashram; but then, just as Kitty is approaching enlightenment, she and Marina are off again, leaving for an England that is now fast and unfamiliar. This time no god, man, or martini can staunch Marina's hunger for a happiness that proves all too elusive. And Kitty, turning fifteen, must choose: whether to play dangerous games with the grown-ups or begin to put herself first. Playing with the Grown-upsis an enchanting novel about growing up in a loving, utterly chaotic household; it is also hilarious, heartbreaking, and scandalous. The offbeat and often comic adventures of the free-spirited heroines-Marina and Kitty alike-will remind readers ofBreakfast at Tiffany's. With her magnificent talent for storytelling and creating unconventional characters, Sophie Dahl ably carries on the literary legacy of her grandfather, the beloved children's book author, Roald Dahl.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0385524617
ISBN-13
9780385524612
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63147664
Product Key Features
Book Title
Playing with the Grown-Ups : a Novel
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
Contemporary Women, Literary, Coming of Age
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"A poetic love story…partLove in a Cold Climate, part Edith Sitwell and part any one of her grandfather Roald Dahl's books." Vogue(UK) "A haunting story of an intricate mother/daughter bond." Redbook, "In the beginning, this story is quirky and thoughtful, just what one would expect from the pen of a granddaughter of Roald Dahl, beloved author of startling children's books. What's more, it's funny and moving, and worth devouring on its own as an Eccentric Mother Knows Best kind of tale. But this is no children's story. Read far enough, and the pages darken with a kind of coming of age that is only slightly more palatable than, say, Augusten Burroughs' inRunning With Scissors.Playing With the Grown-upsgrows beyond charming child's play to a clear-eyed compassion for the world's limitless store of tragic human comedy." Bookpage "Captivating…Playing with the Grown-upsis rooted in biographical seeds but grown over by lush imaginative sentences that wear their seriousness lightly, in the manner of Nancy Mitford and Esther Freud…. Dahl's profound empathy resonates most poignantly in Kitty's relationship with her enchanting yet troubled young mother, Marina. With a fairy-wand touch, Dahl rouses some of the ogresunspoken rivalries, boundary-crossing confidencesthat lie between many mothers and daughters who are both emotionally close and close in age." Vogue "In a captivating, eccentric new novel calledPlaying With the Grown-ups, Dahl blurs the line between memoir and fiction with her portrait of an appealing, resilient girl named Kitty. Whisked around England, New York and distant ashrams by her loving but incompetent-at-life yummy mummy, Kitty shuttles between glamorously chaotic households, playing cool big sister not only to her half-siblings, but to her mother, Marina." New York Times "Sparkling, poignant, beautifulI loved it" Cecelia Ahern, author ofPS, I Love You "A lyrical coming-of-age classic . . . A marvelous evocation of what it means to be a teenage girl, and the journey to womanhood." Justine Picardie, author ofIf the Spirit Moves You "A haunting story of an intricate mother/daughter bond." Redbook "A poetic love story…partLove in a Cold Climate, part Edith Sitwell and part any one of her grandfather Roald Dahl's books." Vogue(UK) "Deftly written. Peopled by great British eccentrics, it is oddly ageless." Guardian "Dahl has genuine talent as a writer . . . the boarding-school sequences have a compelling emotional clarity." Time Out London "Packed full of bumbling aristocrats, boarding-school romance and American suitors proffering martinis, [Playing with the Grown-ups] proves Dahl has inherited her grandfather's talent." Evemagazine "Dahl is really very funny. I love the hopeless parade of Marina's men and boys…genuine and touching." The Independent From the Hardcover edition., "A poetic love story...part "Love in a Cold Climate," part Edith Sitwell and part any one of her grandfather Roald Dahl's books." -"Vogue", "Sparkling, poignant, beautifulI loved it" Cecelia Ahern, author ofPS, I Love You "A lyrical coming-of-age classic . . . A marvelous evocation of what it means to be a teenage girl, and the journey to womanhood." Justine Picardie, author ofIf the Spirit Moves You "A haunting story of an intricate mother/daughter bond." Redbook "A poetic love story…partLove in a Cold Climate, part Edith Sitwell and part any one of her grandfather Roald Dahl's books." Vogue(UK) "Deftly written. Peopled by great British eccentrics, it is oddly ageless." Guardian "Dahl has genuine talent as a writer . . . the boarding-school sequences have a compelling emotional clarity." Time Out London "Packed full of bumbling aristocrats, boarding-school romance and American suitors proffering martinis, [Playing with the Grown-ups] proves Dahl has inherited her grandfather's talent." Evemagazine "Dahl is really very funny. I love the hopeless parade of Marina's men and boys…genuine and touching." The Independent, "Sparkling, poignant, beautiful-I loved it" -Cecelia Ahern, author of "PS, I Love You" "A lyrical coming-of-age classic . . . A marvelous evocation of what it means to be a teenage girl, and the journey to womanhood." -Justine Picardie, author of "If the Spirit Moves You" "A haunting story of an intricate mother/daughter bond." -"Redbook" "A poetic love story...part "Love in a Cold Climate," part Edith Sitwell and part any one of her grandfather Roald Dahl's books." -"Vogue "(UK) "Deftly written. Peopled by great British eccentrics, it is oddly ageless." -"Guardian" "Dahl has genuine talent as a writer . . . the boarding-school sequences have a compelling emotional clarity." -"Time Out London" "Packed full of bumbling aristocrats, boarding-school romance and American suitors proffering martinis, ["Playing with the Grown-ups"] proves Dahl has inherited her grandfather's talent." -"Eve" magazine "Dahl is really very funny. I love the hopeless parade of Marina's men and boys...genuine and touching." -"The Independent", "In the beginning, this story is quirky and thoughtful, just what one would expect from the pen of a granddaughter of Roald Dahl, beloved author of startling children's books. What's more, it's funny and moving, and worth devouring on its own as an Eccentric Mother Knows Best kind of tale. "But this is no children's story. Read far enough, and the pages darken with a kind of coming of age that is only slightly more palatable than, say, Augusten Burroughs' inRunning With Scissors. Playing With the Grown-upsgrows beyond charming child's play to a clear-eyed compassion for the world's limitless store of tragic human comedy." Bookpage "Sparkling, poignant, beautifulI loved it" Cecelia Ahern, author ofPS, I Love You "A lyrical coming-of-age classic . . . A marvelous evocation of what it means to be a teenage girl, and the journey to womanhood." Justine Picardie, author ofIf the Spirit Moves You "A haunting story of an intricate mother/daughter bond." Redbook "A poetic love story…partLove in a Cold Climate, part Edith Sitwell and part any one of her grandfather Roald Dahl's books." Vogue(UK) "Deftly written. Peopled by great British eccentrics, it is oddly ageless." Guardian "Dahl has genuine talent as a writer . . . the boarding-school sequences have a compelling emotional clarity." Time Out London "Packed full of bumbling aristocrats, boarding-school romance and American suitors proffering martinis, [Playing with the Grown-ups] proves Dahl has inherited her grandfather's talent." Evemagazine "Dahl is really very funny. I love the hopeless parade of Marina's men and boys…genuine and touching." The Independent
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2007-030046
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
823/.92
Lc Classification Number
Pr6104.A38p58 2007
Copyright Date
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The book is in amazing condition, above “acceptable” and shipped in a bubblewrap envelope. Though there are some soft color fading the top and bottom edge, it hardly seemed used and has that library book smell. Glad I took a chance because the description was general and there was no photo. Seller also didn’t provide additional description when asked. But they did promptly cancel my cancellation when asked and sent quickly. Thank you for the Tuesday surprise!
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Seller listed this as hardback but sent a paperback version. I received it in a torn plastic mailer that exposed the book so I’m unsure about its initial quality vs any damage that may have occurred during delivery. I attempted contact x2 to replace it with the correct version with no reply. Waste of good money. Don’t trust this seller to ship what you actually buy or package it with care. Bait and switch.