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Handle With Care
by Louisa Reid
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Pub Date
10 Oct 2024
| Archive Date
12 Sep 2024
Description
'Heartbreaking, visceral, and powerful' Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces
A stunningly powerful YA novel from a master storyteller told in both prose and verse.
No one knows Ruby is pregnant - not even Ruby herself. So when she gives birth at school on a miserable February morning, her world is thrown into chaos. Keeping the baby isn't an option, but keeping quiet about who the father of her child definitely is; because if Ruby's best friend Ashley finds out the truth, then she'll lose her too.
When Ruby finally realises what she and her baby need, somehow that doesn't seem to matter any more. So Ruby must take matters into her own hands, with tragic consequences...
'Heartbreaking, visceral, and powerful' Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces
A stunningly powerful YA novel from a master storyteller told in both prose and verse.
No one knows Ruby is...
Description
'Heartbreaking, visceral, and powerful' Kathleen Glasgow, author of Girl in Pieces
A stunningly powerful YA novel from a master storyteller told in both prose and verse.
No one knows Ruby is pregnant - not even Ruby herself. So when she gives birth at school on a miserable February morning, her world is thrown into chaos. Keeping the baby isn't an option, but keeping quiet about who the father of her child definitely is; because if Ruby's best friend Ashley finds out the truth, then she'll lose her too.
When Ruby finally realises what she and her baby need, somehow that doesn't seem to matter any more. So Ruby must take matters into her own hands, with tragic consequences...
Advance Praise
'Handle with Care opens with scenes so visceral I was in tears by the second chapter. A story of teenage pregnancy and friendship, Ruby’s denial of motherhood is told with an astute emotional clarity that left me reeling. Prepare yourself, Reid has delivered another gut-punch of a novel. AMY BEASHEL, author of Spilt Milk
‘Oh. My. Days. This book left me ragged. Stunning’ Kathryn Evans, author
'Handle with Care opens with scenes so visceral I was in tears by the second chapter. A story of teenage pregnancy and friendship, Ruby’s denial of motherhood is told with an astute emotional clarity...
Advance Praise
'Handle with Care opens with scenes so visceral I was in tears by the second chapter. A story of teenage pregnancy and friendship, Ruby’s denial of motherhood is told with an astute emotional clarity that left me reeling. Prepare yourself, Reid has delivered another gut-punch of a novel. AMY BEASHEL, author of Spilt Milk
‘Oh. My. Days. This book left me ragged. Stunning’ Kathryn Evans, author
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9781916558311 |
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Available Editions
| EDITION |
Other Format |
| ISBN |
9781916558311 |
| PRICE |
£8.99 (GBP)
|
Available on NetGalley
NetGalley Shelf App (PDF)
Send to Kindle (PDF)
Download (PDF)
Average rating from 19 members
Featured Reviews
Emma P, Reviewer
Handle With Care is about family, friendship and teenage pregnancy. Powerful writing at its very best, it's left me in pieces!!
Handle With Care is filled with raw emotions captured so vividly, so actutely and so sensitively. Wow!
Emma Perry
Librarian 1081599
Such a poignant and powerful novel about teen pregnancy and it’s consequences that will resonate with young readers.
Featured Reviews
Emma P, Reviewer
Handle With Care is about family, friendship and teenage pregnancy. Powerful writing at its very best, it's left me in pieces!!
Handle With Care is filled with raw emotions captured so vividly, so actutely and so sensitively. Wow!
Emma Perry
Librarian 1081599
Such a poignant and powerful novel about teen pregnancy and it’s consequences that will resonate with young readers.
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