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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781922147011
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2013
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Pages: 272
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Trespassing in Mr Lovett's secluded garden was a welcome escape for sixteen-year-oldCatherine. A haven away from the parents who didn't understand her moodiness and from herpretty, even-tempered sister, Diana, who she resented. It was a place to be alone.
But this all changes when Catherine is confronted by Mr Lovett and, realising he is blind, decidesto confide in him. And so begins a remarkable friendship.
Unexpectedly, a third person appears in the garden- an intruder. Terry, abrasive and sullen,menacing even-has a claim to make on the garden. It is a piece of land he feels should belong tohis own family. In his plan neither Mr Lovett nor the garden are safe and it is up to Catherine tostop him but in Terry, she recognises something of herself.
A complex and gripping novel of human relationships from one of Australia's foremost authorsfor young adults.
ISBN: 9781922147011
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2013
Publisher: The Text Publishing Company
Pages: 272
Description:
Trespassing in Mr Lovett's secluded garden was a welcome escape for sixteen-year-oldCatherine. A haven away from the parents who didn't understand her moodiness and from herpretty, even-tempered sister, Diana, who she resented. It was a place to be alone.
But this all changes when Catherine is confronted by Mr Lovett and, realising he is blind, decidesto confide in him. And so begins a remarkable friendship.
Unexpectedly, a third person appears in the garden- an intruder. Terry, abrasive and sullen,menacing even-has a claim to make on the garden. It is a piece of land he feels should belong tohis own family. In his plan neither Mr Lovett nor the garden are safe and it is up to Catherine tostop him but in Terry, she recognises something of herself.
A complex and gripping novel of human relationships from one of Australia's foremost authorsfor young adults.