The Burying Beetle by Ann Kelley

The Burying Beetle by Ann Kelley

It was after I ate King that everything started to go wrong in our entire family, as if someone had put an evil spell onto us, a hex - like a bad fairy godmother had said at my birth, when you are eleven you are going to be struck by a sorrow so big it will be like a lightning bolt.

Selected by Publishing News as Title of the Month for May 2005

This is an atmospheric and beguiling book, written with a precision which guards it from sentimentality - HELEN DUNMORE

Acutely observed, tender, funny and very moving. - MICHAEL FOREMAN

Gussie fairly fizzles with vitality, radiating fun and enjoyment into everything that comes her way. Her life may be predestined to be short but not short on wonder, glee, the love of things as they really are ... I hope Gussie's story sells a trillion, zillion copies. It deserves to. - MICHAEL BAYLEY

I started reading it this morning before breakfast and ignored hunger pangs to finish it in great sadness. It's quite beautifully done. - SUE BAKER, PUBLISHING NEWS

Ann Kelley is a photographer and prize-winning poet who once nearly played cricket for Cornwall. She has previously published a collection of poems and photographs, a book of photos of St Ives families and an audio book of cat stories. She lives with her second husband and several cats on the edge of a cliff in Cornwall where they have survived a flood, a landslip, a lightning strike and the roof blowing off. She runs courses for aspiring poets at her home, writing courses for medics and medical students, and speaks about her poetry therapy work with patients at medical conferences.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781905222087
ISBN 10	1905222084
Title	The Burying Beetle
Author	Ann Kelley
Series	Gussie Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Luath Press Ltd
Year published	2005-07-01
Number of pages	208
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.