Review:
Feb 09 2007
One whole and perfect day by Judith Clarke
Allen
& Unwin
Age 13+ Sensible 16 year old Lily has what she considers a
'freakish' family. Her father left home before she was born and her
mother takes in stray people. Her grandfather has chased her brother
Lonnie out of his home with an axe and her grandmother talks to an
invisible friend Sef. When Nan decides to hold an 80th birthday for Pop
and wants all the family there, Lily the sensible one, is left to try
and get everyone together for one whole and perfect day.
Judith Clarke has collected together a group of engaging characters who
face a series of engrossing and often humourous dilemmas to flesh out
her themes of love and family.
This is a beautifully written and complex story that is difficult to
put down.
Pat Pledger
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