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What I Was|Meg Rosoff

Overview

From the 2016 recipient of the Astrid Lindgren award and author of international bestseller How I Live Now, National Book Award finalist Picture Me Gone, and most recently Jonathan Unleashed Finn was a beautiful orphan. H was a prep school misfit. On a September afternoon many years ago they met on a beach on the coast of England, near the ancient fisherman's hut Finn was squatting in with his woodstove, a case of books, a striped blanket and a cat. H insinuates his way into Finn's life--his blazing wood fires and fishing expeditions. Their friendship deepens, offering H the freedom and human connection that has always eluded him. But all too soon the idyll of their relationship is shaken by a heart-wrenching scandal. What I Was is the unforgettable story of H at the end of his life looking back on this friendship, which has shaped and obsessed him for nearly a century.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780452290235
  • ISBN-10: 0452290236
  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: December 2008
  • Dimensions: 7.76 x 4.92 x 0.53 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.36 pounds
  • Page Count: 224
  • Reading Level: Ages 18-UP

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