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Informationen zum Autor Gavanndra Hodge has worked in newspapers and magazines for over twenty years, at the Daily Mail , Independent , ES Magazine and Tatler, where she was deputy editor and acting editor. In 2018 she left Tatler and became a freelance writer, contributing to publications including the Sunday Times , The Times , Telegraph and ES Magazine . She writes a column for The Times LUXX Magazine about how to talk to children about difficult subjects, such as privilege, grief and fairness, and has interviewed many high profile people, most recently Michael Caine, Margot Robbie and Carey Mulligan. Klappentext The writer and journalist Gavanndra Hodge takes stock of a difficult childhood characterised by parental distraction and neglect, culminating in her nine-year-old sister's death during a holiday. Having set in motion a happy, successful and maternal adult life of her own, Hodge attempts to reach her childhood sister - as age blurs memory - through writing. Zusammenfassung THE TIMES BEST BOOKS OF 2020 THE GUARDIAN BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND MEMOIRS 2020 _______ Can you ever rediscover the forgotten memories of someone you lost? Discover the highly anticipated, remarkable and fearless, The Consequences of Love. 'Looks at the power of love and loss in shaping one's life. Moving and beautifully written' Grazia 'Beautifully-written, calm-but-utterly-compelling life-story of trauma and healing... the author seems lovely and I want to be her pal!' Marian Keyes _________ Seven-year-old Gavanndra Hodge's life is a precarious place. Her father is a hairdresser and drug dealer to Chelsea's most decadent inhabitants; her mother an alcoholic ex-model. So, it is up to Gavanndra to keep her little sister Candy safe. But when Candy dies suddenly on holiday aged nine, Gavanndra's family, already so fragile and damaged, implodes. Now a mother herself, and with only memories of Candy's awful final moments, Gavanndra embarks on a journey to write her way back to the little girl whose death tore her family apart. The Consequences of Love is a story of loss and recovery, trauma and memory. It is a joyous and compelling account of the strength of the love between sisters and how nothing is ever truly lost if we are brave enough to return to where we began. 'Unflinchingly honest . . . everyone should read it' The Sunday Times 'A wonderful and transformative memoir about the impact of loss and the power of love; and one that illustrates how it is never too late to tackle suppressed grief' Julia Samuel, author of the Sunday Times bestseller This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings I read this in one sitting, tears splashing onto its pages. A beautiful book about grief, losing a sibling, trauma, drugs, parenting & memory in the most exquisite way. Please everyone read it' Emma Gannon, podcaster, author of Olive and founder of The Hyphen Book Club _________ ...
