Love and other Perishable Items

Awards:   Commended for CBCA Book of the Year 2011 (Australia) Commended for Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Older Readers 2011. Short-listed for Older Readers 2011 (Australia) Short-listed for Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2013 (United States) Shortlisted for Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Australia): Young Adult Fiction 2011. Shortlisted for William C. Morris Young Adult Debut Award 2013.
Author:   Laura Buzo
Publisher:   A&U Children's
ISBN:  

9781760112424


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 January 2015
Recommended Age:   From 14 to 18 years
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Awards

  • Commended for CBCA Book of the Year 2011 (Australia)
  • Commended for Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Older Readers 2011.
  • Short-listed for Older Readers 2011 (Australia)
  • Short-listed for Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2013 (United States)
  • Shortlisted for Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Australia): Young Adult Fiction 2011.
  • Shortlisted for William C. Morris Young Adult Debut Award 2013.

Overview

From the moment 15-year-old Amelia gets an after-school job at the local supermarket she is sunk, gone, lost, head-over-heels in love with Chris. Chris is the funny, charming, man-about- Woolies - but he's 21 and in his final year at uni. The six- year age gap may as well be a hundred. Chris and Amelia talk about everything from Second Wave Feminism to Great Expectations and Alien, but will he ever look at her in the way she wants him to? A story that's real and warm and just a little bit heartbreaking. First published as Good Oil.

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Author:   Laura Buzo
Publisher:   A&U Children's
Imprint:   A&U Children
Weight:   0.262kg
ISBN:  

9781760112424


ISBN 10:   1760112429
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 January 2015
Recommended Age:   From 14 to 18 years
Audience:   Young adult ,  Teenage / Young adult
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.

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'Smart, honest and full of achingly real characters. And it made me laugh. What else would you want in a book?' - Melina Marchetta


Kirkus Reviews Best of Teen's Books 2012Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, November 15, 2012: A sweet and scathingly funny love story. . . . The exactly right conclusion eschews easy resolution, though there's plenty of hope as they flounder into the future. Smart, honest and full of achingly real characters. And it made me laugh. What else would you want in a book? --Melina Marchetta, Printz Award-winning author of Jellicoe Road Booklist, 2012: Charged, authentic, and awkward . . . The realistic situations and questions will stay with readers.


Author Information

Laura Buzo was born and grew up in Sydney, where she now lives with her daughter. Her second novel, Holier Than Thou, was published in 2012.

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