The Red Shoe The Red Shoe

The Red Shoe

    • $6.99
    • $6.99

Publisher Description

The earth smelt strong to Matilda and full of things growing and dying all at the same time. She thought about the grey-green tangled bush at the end of her street, full of cowboys and Red Indians, waiting with their guns and their bows and arrows. She thought about the Japs and the Germans and the shining sword and chocolate biscuits, and the Argonauts sailing across the ocean, and the silver trail of snails on cardboard. She thought about the princess in the film, 'How do you do, so glad you could come, how do you do' and the wonderful butterfly bathroom and poor little Karen and her beautiful red shoes. She thought about the sad smiling man with his chess set and the newsreel and her tennis ball, up and up and up in the air, high as the tallest tree in the Basin, and Uncle Paul with his hands in his pockets, and her mother's red shoe falling down down down into the deep green bush for ever.Funny, tough-minded and tender, this is the story of Matilda and her two sisters growing up in Sydney in the 1950s at the time of the Petrov Affair. Punctuated by the headlines of the time, it shows with unsettling clarity how the large events of the world can impinge on ordinary lives.'When Ursula Dubosarsky writes, the ordinary becomes fascinating: every small and unremarkable thing is imbued with the sweetest, softest charm. Reading her novels is like walking through a dream: you know you're not allowed to stay, but you don't want to leave it, and when it's gone, you can't stop thinking about it. In this beautiful story, Dubosarsky proves yet again that she is the most graceful, most original writer for young people in Australia - probably in the world.' Sonya HartnettI always want to spend more time with Ursula Dubosarsky's people. They are wise, awkward and funny, and they give off sparks of insight that I want to read aloud to whoever's near ... The Red Shoe says all sorts of juicy things about how history is laid down one sleepy afternoon, one conversation, one crisis at a time.' Margo Lanagan Her books, let us make no mistake about this, are classics.' Robyn Sheahan-Bright

GENRE
Young Adult
RELEASED
2006
April 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
192
Pages
PUBLISHER
Allen & Unwin
SELLER
Allen & Unwin Pty Limited
SIZE
1.3
MB

More Books Like This

Stories for Girls Stories for Girls
2010
The Stepsister's Tale The Stepsister's Tale
2014
The Secret Witch The Secret Witch
2018
Fire and Hemlock Fire and Hemlock
2012
Splendors and Glooms Splendors and Glooms
2012
The Time Travelers The Time Travelers
2006

More Books by Ursula Dubosarsky

The Golden Day The Golden Day
2013
The Word Snoop The Word Snoop
2009
The Red Shoe The Red Shoe
2007
Brindabella Brindabella
2018
Too Many Elephants in this House Too Many Elephants in this House
2014
Reindeer's Christmas Surprise Reindeer's Christmas Surprise
2015