How I Live Now is an original and poignant book by Meg Rosoff. How I Live Now is the powerful and engaging story of Daisy, the precocious New Yorker and her English cousin Edmond, torn apart as war breaks out in London, from the multi award-winning Meg Rosoff. How I Live Now has been adapted for the big screen by Kevin Macdonald, starring Saoirse Ronan as Daisy and releases in 2013. Fifteen-year-old Daisy thinks she knows all about love. Her mother died giving birth to her, and now her dad has sent her away for the summer, to live in the English countryside with cousins she''s never even met. There she''ll discover what real love is: something violent, mysterious and wonderful. There her world will be turned upside down and a perfect summer will explode into a million bewildering pieces. How will Daisy live then? "Fresh, honest, rude, funny. I put it down with tears on my face". (Julie Myerson, Guardian). "Assured, powerful, engaging ...you will want to read everything that Rosoff is capable of writing". (Observer). "An unforgettable adventure". (Sunday Times). Bestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel How I Live Now (winner of the Guardian Children''s Fiction Prize). Her other novels, Just in Case (winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal), The Bride''s Farewell and What I Was which was described by The Times as ''Samuel Beckett on ecstasy'', are also available from Puffin. Follow Meg on Twitter @megrosoff. Also by Meg Rosoff: How I Live Now; Just In Case; What I Was; The Bride''s Farewell; and There is No Dog.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Penguin
ISBN: 9780141318011
Idioma: Inglés
Edad de interés: Desde 15 años
Número de páginas: 224
Tiempo de lectura:
4h 35m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda bolsillo
Fecha de lanzamiento: 19/06/2013
Año de edición: 2005
Plaza de edición: United Kingdom
Alto: 19.8 cm
Ancho: 12.9 cm
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Meg Rosoff
Meg Rosoff (Boston, Massachusetts, 1956), aunque fue castigada en la guardería por usar sólo pintura negra, no se desanimó y fue a la universidad de Harvard. Después de tres años en esa Universidad, se trasladó a Londres en 1977 a estudiar escultura. Regresó a los Estados Unidos en 1980 y trabajó en Nueva York durante nueve años en publicidad. En 1998 se trasladó a Londres definitivamente. Ha publicado también How I live now, What I was, The bride;s farewell, Vamoose! y There is no dog.