Playing With the Grown-Ups A Novel

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Publisher's Synopsis

Kitty loves living at the isolated Hay House with her doting grandparents, but it cannot provide the adventure and excitement that her restless, bohemian mother Marina craves. When a guru sees Marina's future in New York, Kitty is torn from her home and bounced from place to place-first a colorless boarding school, then an American ashram, and finally back to an unfamiliar England. But soon, no god, man, or martini can staunch Marina's hunger for a happiness that proves all too elusive. And Kitty, turning fifteen, must choose: whether to play dangerous games with the grown-ups or put herself first.

With this witty and poignant debut novel, Sophie Dahl ably carries on the literary legacy of her grandfather, the beloved children's book author Roald Dahl.

Book information

ISBN: 9780307388353
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint: Anchor Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 269
Weight: 200g
Height: 202mm
Width: 135mm
Spine width: 16mm