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| Title | : | The Piper's Son |
| Author | : | Melina Marchetta |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | March 1st 2010 by Penguin Australia/Viking |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Romance. Fiction. Realistic Fiction |
Melina Marchetta
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 4.05 | 11141 Users | 1404 Reviews
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The award-winning author of Finnikin of the Rock and Jellicoe Road pens a raw, compelling novel about a family's hard-won healing on the other side of trauma.Award-winning author Melina Marchetta reopens the story of the group of friends from her acclaimed novel Saving Francesca—but five years have passed, and now it's Thomas Mackee who needs saving. After his favorite uncle was blown to bits on his way to work in a foreign city, Tom watched his family implode. He quit school and turned his back on his music and everyone that mattered, including the girl he can't forget. Shooting for oblivion, he's hit rock bottom, forced to live with his single, pregnant aunt, work at the Union pub with his former friends, and reckon with his grieving, alcoholic father. Tom's in no shape to mend what's broken. But what if no one else is either? An unflinching look at family, forgiveness, and the fierce inner workings of love and friendship, The Piper's Son redefines what it means to go home again.
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| Original Title: | The Piper's Son |
| ISBN: | 0670074233 (ISBN13: 9780670074235) |
| Edition Language: | English URL https://melinamarchetta.wordpress.com/the-pipers-son-2/ |
| Characters: | Francesca Spinelli, Will Trombal, Thomas Mackee, Tara Finke, Justine Kalinsky, Georgie Finch, Siobhan Sullivan, Luca Spinelli, Dominic Mackee, Jimmy Hailer, Anabel Mackee |
| Setting: | Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) |
| Literary Awards: | New South Wales Premier's Literary Award Nominee for Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature (2011), Children's Book Council of Australia Award Nominee for Older Readers Book of the Year (2011), Prime Minister's |
| Literary Awards: | Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2011), Queensland Premier's |
| Literary Awards: | Nominee for Young Adult Book Award (2010) |
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Ratings: 4.05 From 11141 Users | 1404 ReviewsComment On Appertaining To Books The Piper's Son
"But this beat is fast and even though his joints are aching, his arm's out of control like it has a mind of its own and the sweat that drenches his hair and face seem to smother him, but nothing's going to stop Tom. He's aiming for oblivion.Initial Final Page Thoughts.I feel so very stricken. How does MM do these things to my soul? High Points.Thomas Finch Mackee. Family. History. Honesty. Grief. Reality. Late night phone calls. Sydney International Airport. Attics. E-Mails. ImpossibleIn an interview at Persnickety Snark, Melina Marchetta said that she wanted to capture, People holding it together and succeeding some days and failing other days in this novel. Thank you. No, seriously, thank you for summing up a book that is so hard to capture. That comment made me think of a perfect quote--You have to laugh at yourself because youd cry your eyes out if you didnt. Sure, its from an Indigo Girls song but its still totally relevant. (right?) On those days you are failing, a
2012 NOTE: I first read this March last year and just reread it because of Marchetta Madness. Funny that I finished rereading this one the same day I posted a review last year. :P Maybe I should make it a yearly tradition? Glad I now have the Aussie edition because it's even more beautiful in person. And yep, the book itself is just as amazing as I remembered (it still made me cry). 2011 review: Originally posted here.Today's my birthday and I'm glad that I get to post a review of what has
12/18/14 This is on sale on amazon for $1.99, great time to pick it up http://www.amazon.com/Pipers-Son-Meli...4.5 Super StarsMelina Marchette is the only author Ive found that can break and squish my heart more times than I can count in a book and make me love every minute of it and ask for more. The stories she tells about families that are strong and loving but have been broken by a tragedy and are trying to pick up the pieces again draw you in to the point you never want to leave. The only
5 Stars, because an honest and gentle plot is sadly underrated.This story was a humbling journey, but not just one. It was several little emotional journeys all leading to the same outcome: Me in tears.Not exactly sad tears. Although they weren't tears from being overcome by happiness, either. Nope. This author hits with the power of her words and the unfiltered pictures she creates with them. No sudden deaths, no vicious betrayals, no obvious reasons to cry.I guess my tears were ones of
Isn't the Aussie cover just gorgeous?[image error]She's tired and leans her head on his shoulder, which is the resting place for all their heads, but when Justine and Siobhan and Francesca use his body so shamelessly he doesn't feel the need to turn his head and press his mouth against their hair..Tom wants oblivion.He's 'aiming for oblivion' because he is sick of everything. His uncle Joe died a few years back and he has never been quite the same since. He is still full of anger and grief and
I want to put my arms around Tom Mackee and give him a huge hug. I have a soft spot for boys who behave badly but are hurting on the inside--and boy, does Tom behave badly. And boy, is he hurting.The Piper's Son takes place five years after the events in Saving Francesca. Tom and Jimmy were my favorite characters from that book, so I was really happy to dive immediately into TPS right after finishing the previous novel. When we meet up with Tom again, he's gone through a lot of drinking, a lot
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