Permanent Rose

Name: Permanent Rose
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Hilary McKay
ISBN: 9780307283986

Author: Hilary McKay

Narrator: Sophie Aldred

Unabridged: 4 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 01/10/2006

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Feisty Rose takes center stage as the highly original Casson family faces a long, hot summer. As usual, things are a bit chaotic. Eldest daughter Caddy is now engaged to darling Michael, and she’s not altogether sure she likes it. Saffy and Sarah are on a mission to find Saffy’s biological father (while cultivating hearts of stone). Indigo is cautiously beginning a friendship with a reformed bully, who desperately wants to feel like part of the Casson family. Rose, while missing Tom (who none of them have heard from) dreadfully, enters into a life of petty crime, shoplifting small items until her misadventures nearly bring disaster. Through it all, Rose’s single-minded determination to find Tom remains as fierce as it is hopeless. Or is it?
Hilary McKay has painted the fond mayhem of this delightful family with such humor, warmth, and authenticity that readers will fall in love with them all over again. Once you’ve visited the Casson household, you may never want to leave.

About The Author

Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children's Award with her first novel, The Exiles. Her subsequent work has achieved similar recognition. The Exiles at Home won the Smarties Prize and the Dog Friday trilogy was also critically acclaimed. A graduate of Botany and Zoology, Hilary now writes full-time. She lives in Derbyshire, England, with her husband and children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jacob on August 09, 2013

While an excellent read and a fun story, I have to admit that I didn't connect to this one as much as the previous books in the series. The family is as crazy as ever, and Saffy and Sarah beginning a quest for Saffy's father was very fun (with Sarah's dad stealing the occasional scene--he may be my......more

Goodreads review by Kimmae on September 07, 2010

I am so happy to have found this series. As usual it seems in young adult literature the parents are practically nonexistent when it comes to any kind of parenting. Yet there are other adult characters (the children's friend Sarah's mother and the school principal and the father's girlfriend) who sh......more

Goodreads review by Mireille Duval on October 13, 2016

This was really sweet, again. I didn't like how David took so much space, but I did like how much he liked Rose throughout the book, so that reconciled me with it. Plus the pull of the Casson's family, particularly the found parts, is just super strong. I was completely blindsided by (view spoiler)[the Saffron's fa (hide spoiler)]......more

Goodreads review by Misti on December 27, 2019

Oh, gosh, more Casson craziness than I can begin to explain! Rose and Indigo are sad because Tom went back to America and hasn’t written or called, Caddy is conflicted about the gorgeous diamond and platinum engagement ring she accepted from Darling Michael, and Saffron is suddenly determined to fin......more

Goodreads review by EJ on June 17, 2019

Thank you Grace for purchasing these books for me so I can re-read them every few months.......more