Jackie Ballantyne
How to stop a heart from beating
Jackie Ballantyne · 2007
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The year 1961 is a pivotal one for nine-year-old Solly McKeen. She is a loner in a family of doubles: a 'single' with no twin of her own, and seen as a bit of an oddity by everyone in her dairy-farming community in South Otago. On learning about the unnamed paupers' graves in the local cemetery, she promises to people them: imagining characters, names and causes of death for each. While Solly unravels death and fills in the blanks on the gravestones, she unwittingly uncovers family secrets.
Book details
- Year
- 2007
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Black Swan
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 302
- ISBN
- 9781869418618
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