The Year of the Rat, Clare Furniss
The Year of the Rat, Clare Furniss
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The Year of the Rat

Author: Clare Furniss

Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/04/2014

Synopsis

The world can tip at any moment...a fact that fifteen-year-old Pearl is all too aware of when her mom dies after giving birth to her baby sister, Rose, who looks exactly like a baby rat, all pink, wrinkled, and writhing. This little Rat has destroyed everything, even ruined the wonderful relationship that Pearl had with her stepfather, the Rat's biological father. Told across the year following her mother's death, Pearl's story is full of bittersweet humor and heartbreaking honesty about how you deal with grief that cuts you to the bone, as she tries not only to come to terms with losing her mother, but also the fact that her sister - The Rat - is a constant reminder of why her mom is no longer around.

About Clare Furniss

Clare Furniss grew up in London and moved to Birmingham in her teens. After brief stints as a waitress, shop assistant and working at the Shakespeare Centre Library, she studied at Cambridge University and worked for several years in political media relations. She now lives in Bath and has completed an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. Clare's novels have been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Branford Boase, CILIP Carnegie and The Bookseller YA Bookprize. You can follow her on Twitter @clarefurniss and find out more information on her website www.clarefurniss.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Figgy on January 04, 2015

Featured on my 2014 favourites list! Actual rating 4.5 This book… I don’t even know where to begin with this book. I couldn’t put it down. That’s a lie, I forced myself to put it down so I could get some work done, but inevitably picked it back up within the hour to read “just one more chapter.” (The bo......more

Goodreads review by Claire on January 08, 2016

2.5 starsThe Year of the Rat is the story of Pearl. Pearl’s mum has just died in childbirth, leaving Pearl, her dad and The Rat, the charming name Pearl comes up with for her tiny, premature sister. Over the course of a year, the story shows how Pearl deals (or doesn’t) with the death of her mother......more

Goodreads review by Miniikaty on July 25, 2016

Un 3,5 en realidad. Dividido por meses, desde el fallecimiento de la madre de Pearl, vamos pasando los capítulos que conforman ese año desde el punto de vista de Pearl y somos partícipes de su dolor, de las etapas que va superando y sufriendo, en general de sus sentimientos y pensamientos, nos acerca......more

Goodreads review by Emma on February 19, 2014

Review by Beth The Year of the Rat looks at grief from the angle of a bereaved teenager stuck in the world with a new baby sister, her dad who is everything but her biological dad and a brand new baby sister, ‘the Rat’, blamed for the death of her mother. What is so brilliant about Furniss’ novel is......more

Goodreads review by Dawnie on January 31, 2019

hunting and real portrait of grief, loss and trying to find a way to understand. This is -as all books handling the topic of death and greif- not for everyone since not everyone will see the similarities or understand the main characters Pearls behaviour. Some will find her spoiled and bratty, maybe......more

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