A Girl Could Stand Up

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Description

When six-year-old Elray reaches up to touch the moon in the Tunnel of Love, she narrowly escapes a freak electric current that claims the lives of both her parents. Suddenly orphaned, she is left stunned and mute, until two loving but undomesticated uncles step in. Cross-dressing Uncle Ajax insists on being addressed as ‘Aunt’; Uncle Harwood is a macho photographer, full of swagger and fond of drink. When the deceptively sweet Irish lawyer Rena moves in to mount a lucrative lawsuit against the fairground, the eccentric household becomes the very model of family life reinvented.

Additional information

Weight 0.283 kg
Dimensions 2.5 × 12.7 × 19.8 cm
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format

Language

Pages

416

publisher

Year Published

2005-1-3

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0552771902

About The Author

Leslie Marshall has written for a variety of publications, including the Washington Post, Real Simple and InStyle magazine, where she is still contributing editor. She grew up in Washington, DC, and now lives in New York. This is her first novel.

'An atmosphere of crazy cheerfulness…undercut by moments of poignancy…a pleasure to read'

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'This quirky novel is a must for Kate Atkinson and John Irving fans who are fond of a surreal read'

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