Carmen starts to ask: if she was thin, very thin, could it all be different?Ī new cover edition of Julia Bell's critically acclaimed YA novel, Massive, published to coincide with the release of Julia's new book, The Dark Light With everything to gain and absolutely nothing to lose. When her mother sweeps her off to live in the city, Carmen finds her old world disappearing.

And somehow her daughter is going to be thin. Not surprising when her mum is obsessed with the idea that thin equals beauty, thin equals success, thin equals the way to get what you want. Thje title story by Mick Scully has been chosen by Nicholas Royle for 'Best Short Stories of 2013'.Weight has always been a big issue in Carmen's life. New names included are Kit de Waal, Natalie White, James B Goodwin, Anthony Ferner, Georgina Bruce and Ryan Davis. Fiona Joseph has written biography, Julia Bell writes teenage fiction and Luke Brown and Kavita Bhanot have both been editors as well as writers. Others like Sibyl Ruth, Charles Wilkinson, Roz Goddard and Polly Wright are better-known as poets or dramatists. Annie Murray, Amanda Smyth, Alan Beard, Gaynor Arnold, Joel Lane, Mick Scully, Mez Packer, Jackie Gay) are published nov. The Sea in Birmingham: Celebrating 30 Years of Tindal Street Fiction Group (Trade Paperback / Paperback)Īn anthology of 22 stories set in the West Midlands and written by past and present members of the influential Tindal Street Fiction Group. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. istribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. Within the United States, you may freely copy and d. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

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