Emily Spurr

"An original and impressively assured debut. A gem of a novel." --Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of The Rosie Project A soaring, heartfelt debut following fifty-five days in the life of ten-year-old Rae, who must look after herself and her dog when her mother disappears. For as long as Rae can remember, it's been her and Mum, and their dog, Splinter; a small, deliberately unremarkable, family. They have their walks, their cooking routines, their home. Sometimes Mum disappears for a while to clear her head but Rae is okay with this because Mum always comes back. So, when Rae wakes to Splinter's nose in her face, the back door open, and no Mum, she does as she's always done and carries on. She tends to the house, goes to school, walks Splinter, and minds her own business--all the while pushing down the truth she isn't ready to face. That is, until her grumpy, lonely neighbor Lettie--with her own secrets and sadness--falls one night and needs Rae's help. As the two begin to rely on each other, Rae's anxiety intensifies as she wonders what will happen to her when her mother's absence is finally noticed and her fragile world bursts open. A Million Things transforms a gut-wrenching story of abandonment and what it's like to grow up in a house that doesn't feel safe into an astonishing portrait of resilience, mental health, and the families we make and how they make us in return.

A Million Things

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Al die dingen

Beatrix & Fred

Beatrix is a loner. She has a love-hate relationship with her one friend, Ray, a hate-hate relationship with everyone else in her office and a genuine attachment to a stuffed canary named Horatio. She drinks alone far too much. Lately she’s been finding the edge of the railway platform dangerously seductive. Her life needs to change. Then she crosses paths with an old woman who seems to be stalking her, and that’s exactly what happens. Eighty-something Fred is smart, earthy, funny and not the harmless elderly lady she appears to be. She is, in fact, quite literally something else. But what? When something happens to Ray, Fred decides to reveal herself. And Beatrix realises she has some agonising choices to make. Beatrix & Fred is an off-kilter love story wrapped in a satisfying layer of moral complexity and tied up with a ribbon of sheer fun. Warm, witty, more than slightly weird—it takes the age-old question of what it is to be human beyond humanity itself.

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Een teder feelgoodverhaal dat de wonderlijke impact van vriendschap en vertrouwen blootlegt. ‘Al die dingen’ van Emily Spurr is een teder verhaal over verlies en moed, waarin de onvergetelijke vriendschap tussen het jonge meisje Rae en haar buurvrouw centraal staat. Als Rae’s moeder op een dag zomaar is verdwenen, gaat Rae in eerste instantie gewoon door met wat ze altijd doet. Totdat de buurvrouw argwaan krijgt en haar vertrouwen probeert te winnen. Langzaam ontwikkelt zich een vriendschap, maar groeit bij Rae ook de angst dat ze op een gegeven moment de werkelijkheid onder ogen moet zien – en wat dan? ‘Een juweel van een roman. Origineel en indrukwekkend zelfverzekerd.’ – Graeme Simsion, bestsellerauteur van de Rosie-trilogie.

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