Amanda Berriman
Praise for Home
Powerfully brings home the fears of living life on the edge...a narrative rich in intimacy and immediacy...Berriman is a former primary school teacher, and her acute awareness of the child’s world, as ...
Kerry Hudson, Guardian
Packs a huge emotional punch…heartbreaking ... Jesika is entirely engaging, sweet, emphatic and cross as she tries to interpret the grisliness of the grown-up world.
Daily Mail
I read this in one sitting and am still crying. Tina and Jesika are heroes. A brave, important, heart-breaking book
Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths
Powerfully brings home the fears of living life on the edge...a narrative rich in intimacy and immediacy...Berriman is a former primary school teacher, and her acute awareness of the child’s world, as ...
Kerry Hudson, Guardian
Packs a huge emotional punch…heartbreaking ... Jesika is entirely engaging, sweet, emphatic and cross as she tries to interpret the grisliness of the grown-up world.
Daily Mail
I read this in one sitting and am still crying. Tina and Jesika are heroes. A brave, important, heart-breaking book
Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths
Powerfully brings home the fears of living life on the edge...a narrative rich in intimacy and immediacy...Berriman is a former primary school teacher, and her acute awareness of the child’s world, as ...
Kerry Hudson, Guardian
Packs a huge emotional punch…heartbreaking ... Jesika is entirely engaging, sweet, emphatic and cross as she tries to interpret the grisliness of the grown-up world.
Daily Mail
I read this in one sitting and am still crying. Tina and Jesika are heroes. A brave, important, heart-breaking book
Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths
Articles featuring Amanda Berriman
Amanda Berriman on creating Jesika
A character that has stolen our hearts is four-and-a-half-year-old Jesika Petrowski, who tells her story in Home. Author Amanda Berriman shares how she got into the mindset of writing as a child.