Summary
Billy is only nine years old, but he’s already learned that when your mum dies, you get your own social worker. He’s also learned that once you are ten, the odds of finding a family to adopt you don’t look so good. That’s the part he wasn’t supposed to overhear.
Miriam Riley is up against a deadline to give Billy the ‘forever family’ that every child deserves. Determined to cut through red tape, she finds three very different couples who might fit the bill, though prospective parents …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444766851 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444766856 |
| Author: | Kay Langdale |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder Paperback |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 8 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 136mm x 197mm |
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Critics Review
Vivid storytelling … A delicately told tale of an unconventional childhood
Praise for HER GIANT OCTOPUS MOMENT:
‘Readable, poignant … the author’s skill is to woo the reader into empathising with conflicting viewpoints’ - The Sunday Times‘Thought-provoking’ ***** - Woman’s OwnA delight to read, the characters pull at your heartstrings - CandisThis is both a comic and poignant read told via quirky prose, and is impossible to put down - ImageSweet and sad and funny and thought-provoking - U magazineAn endearing child-heroine and a controversial moral question make HER GIANT OCTOPUS MOMENT a must-read - Good HousekeepingPoignant novel about parenthood - Woman & HomeFunny and poignant - ChoiceKay Langdale
Kay Langdale was born in Coventry and she lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and four teenage children.
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