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The Butterfly Lampshade by Aimee Bender
37.00 NZD
Category: Contemporary Fiction
'The Butterfly Lampshade is an unflinching, empathetic portrayal of a childhood touched by mental illness. As always, Aimee Bender's respect for the child and the child within translates into wisdom and magic on the page.' Jing-Jing Lee, author of How We Disappeared On the night her mother is taken to ...Show more
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
36.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents' attention, bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: She can taste her mother's emotions in the slice. She discovers this ...Show more
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: The heartwarming Richard and Judy Book Club favourite by Aimee Bender
27.99 NZD
Category: Science
The wondrous Bender conjures the lush and moving story of a girl whose magical gift is really a devastating curse. "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake" is a luminous tale--heartbreaking and funny, wise and sad.
Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender
26.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction
"Contemporary fairy tales, cushioned by goofy humor and a deep tenderness for her characters, that aren't always as dark or as sinister as they initially appear." --The New York Times Book Review Aimee Bender's Willful Creatures conjures a fantastical world in which authentic love blooms. This is a plac ...Show more
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