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How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff

How I Live Now

Daisy, an American girl is sent from New York to stay with her charmingly shambolic family of British cousins. Daisy has had a troubled background but slowly begins to piece herself together with the the help of her super-eccentric and slightly psychic cousins. Not only does Daisy get better as she easily succumbs to the charms of their adult-free rural home but she finds herself falling in love with one of her cousins in this intense, gorgeous, summery bubble where Osbert, twins Edmond and Isaac, and nine-year-old Piper live a timeless existence. So timeless, that when war breaks out they barely seem to notice . . .

Meg Rosoff was born in Boston, USA. She has worked in publishing, public relations and most recently advertising but thinks the best job in the world would be head gardener for Regents Park. Meg lives in Highbury, North London.

The downloadable audiobook edition of Meg Rosoff's charming coming-of-age novel, How I Live Now, set over a summer of love and destruction. Read by the actress Amber Sealey. 
 
American girl Daisy has had a troubled background, and is sent from New York to stay with her charmingly shambolic family of British cousins, who she has never met. They are Isaac, Edmond, Osbert, and Piper. And two dogs and a goat. Daisy has never met anyone quite like them before - and, as a dreamy English summer progresses, Daisy finds herself caught in a timeless bubble as she slowly begins to piece herself together with the the help of her super-eccentric and slightly psychic cousins. Not only does Daisy get better as she easily succumbs to the charms of their adult-free rural home, but she finds herself falling in love with one of her cousins in this intense, gorgeous, summery bubble where they live a timeless existence. So timeless, that when war breaks out they barely seem to notice . . .Daisy's life is changed forever - and the world is too.

There Is No Dog

There Is No Dog is the new, astonishing novel by Meg Rosoff. 
 
In the beginning there was Bob. 
And Bob created the heavens and the earth 
 
and the beasts of the field 
and the creatures of the sea, 
and twenty-five million other species 
including lots and lots of gorgeous girls. 
And all of this, he created in just six days. 
Six days! 
 
Congratulations, Bob! 
No wonder Earth is such a mess. 
 
Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad - and about to meet Lucy, the most beautiful girl on earth. 
Unfortunately, whenever Bob falls in love, disaster follows. 
 
Let us pray that Bob does not fall in love with Lucy. 
 
Praise for There Is No Dog: 
 
'My top choice for summer, it's an astounding crossover novel' - The Times 
 
'One must simply revel in the joyful singularity of Rosoff's latest masterpiece' - The GUardian 
 
'Genius!' - Anthony Horowitz 
 
Meg Rosoff became a publishing sensation with her first novel, How I Live Now, which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Branford Boase Award. Her second novel, Just in Case, won the Carnegie Medal in 2007 and What I Was, her third novel, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and was highly acclaimed. Meg lives in London with her husband and daughter. 
 
Also by Meg Rosoff: 
 
How I Live Now; Just In Case; What I Was; The Bride's Farewell; There is No Dog

My top choice for summer, it's an astounding crossover novel

One must simply revel in the joyful singularity of Rosoff's latest masterpiece

Meg Rosoff became a publishing sensation with her first novel, How I Live Now, which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Branford Boase Award. Her second novel, Just in Case, won the Carnegie Medal in 2007 and What I Was, her third novel, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and was highly acclaimed. Meg lives in London with her husband and daughter.

In the beginning there was Bob. 
And Bob created the heavens and the earth 
 
and the beasts of the field 
and the creatures of the sea, 
and twenty-five million other species 
including lots and lots of gorgeous girls. 
And all of this, he created in just six days. 
Six days! 
 
Congratulations, Bob! 
No wonder Earth is such a mess. 
 
Imagine that God is a typical teenage boy. He is lazy, careless, self-obsessed, sex-mad - and about to meet Lucy, the most beautiful girl on earth. 
Unfortunately, whenever Bob falls in love, disaster follows. 
 
Let us pray that Bob does not fall in love with Lucy.

How I Live Now is an original and poignant book by Meg Rosoff 
 
How I Live Now is the powerful and engaging story of Daisy, the precocious New Yorker and her English cousin Edmond, torn apart as war breaks out in London, from the multi award-winning Meg Rosoff. How I Live Now has been adapted for the big screen by Kevin Macdonald, starring Saoirse Ronan as Daisy and releases in 2013. 
 
Fifteen-year-old Daisy thinks she knows all about love. Her mother died giving birth to her, and now her dad has sent her away for the summer, to live in the English countryside with cousins she's never even met. 
 
There she'll discover what real love is: something violent, mysterious and wonderful. There her world will be turned upside down and a perfect summer will explode into a million bewildering pieces. 
 
How will Daisy live then? 
 
'Fresh, honest, rude, funny. I put it down with tears on my face' - Julie Myerson, Guardian 
 
'Assured, powerful, engaging . . . you will want to read everything that Rosoff is capable of writing' - Observer 
 
'An unforgettable adventure' - Sunday Times 
 
Bestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel How I Live Now (winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). Her other novels, Just in Case (winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal), The Bride's Farewell and What I Was which was described by The Times as 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy', are also available from Puffin. Follow Meg on Twitter @megrosoff. 
 
Also by Meg Rosoff: 
 
How I Live Now; Just In Case; What I Was; The Bride's Farewell; There is No Dog

It would be much easier to tell this story if it were all about a chaste and perfect love between Two Children Against the World at an Extreme Time in History. But let's face it, that would be crap. Daisy is sent from New York to England to spend a summer with cousins she has never met. They are Isaac, Edmond, Osbert and Piper. And two dogs and a goat. She's never met anyone quite like them before - and, as a dreamy English summer progresses, Daisy finds herself caught in a timeless bubble. It seems like the perfect summer. But their lives are about to explode. Falling in love is just the start of it. War breaks out - a war none of them understands, or really cares about, until it lands on their doorstep. The family is separated. The perfect summer is blown apart. Daisy's life is changed forever - and the world is too.

Just in Case

Winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal, the captivating and darkly-comic novel Just in Case is a thrilling coming-of-age story - described by The Times as a modern The Catcher in the Rye - from the bestselling author of How I Live Now Meg Rosoff. 
 
Every minute of every day, a million things happen . . . 
 
The day David Case saves his brother's life, his whole world changes. Suddenly, every moment is fizzing with what-if's, and it's up to David to outwit fate. Or try to. He changes his name and the way he looks. He leaves home and finds himself caught up in a series of strange and extraordinary adventures. He even falls in love. 
 
But is David really in control of his life? And if he isn't - who is? 
 
'Unusual and engrossing' - Independent 
 
'Outstanding' - The Times 
 
'Intelligent, ironic and darkly funny' - Sunday Times 
 
Bestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel How I Live Now (winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). Her other novels, The Bride's Farewell and What I Was, which was described by The Times as 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy', are also available from Puffin. Follow Meg on Twitter @megrosoff.

Meg Rosoff was born in Boston, USA. Before she started writing, Meg worked in publishing, public relations and most recently advertising but thinks the best job in the world would be head gardener for Regents Park. Her first novel, How I Live Now, won the Guardian Award, the Branford Boase Award and was selected by the Daily Mail Book Club. Meg lives in Highbury, North London.

What if Fate were out to get you? The day David Case saves his brother's life, his whole world changes. He must hide, become an entirely new person to escape Fate . . . if he can. 
 
This stunning, thought-provoking and darkly comic novel for teenage readers was one of the most eagerly awaited books of 2006 &ndash; now available in paperback.

What I Was

Meg Rosoff, multi award winning author of How I Live Now, explores the pain of first love and coming-of-age in her compelling novel What I Was, which was once described by The Times as 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy.' 
 
Shall I tell you about the year I discovered love? 
 
I'd been kicked out of two boarding schools and the last thing I wanted was to be here, on the East Anglian coast, in a third. 
 
But without St Oswald's, I would not have discovered the fisherman's hut with its roaring fire, its striped blankets, its sea monster stew. 
 
Without St Oswald's, I would not have met the boy with the beautiful eyes, the flickering half-smile, and no past. 
 
Without St Oswald's I would not have met Finn. 
 
And without Finn, there would be no story. 
 
Shall we begin? 
 
' . . . thrilling and sensitively told' - Observer 
 
' . . . mordantly funny and searingly well written' - The Times 
 
Bestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel How I Live Now (winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). Her other novels, Just in Case (winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal) and The Bride's Farewell, are also available from Puffin. Follow Meg on Twitter @megrosoff.

Meg Rosoff had three or four careers in publishing and advertising before writing her highly acclaimed first novel, How I Live Now. She moved from New York City to London in 1989, where she lives with her husband and daughter. What I Was is her third novel, after How I Live Now and Just in Case, for which she was awarded the Carnegie Medal.

I'd been kicked out of two boarding schools and the last thing I wanted was to be here, on the East Anglian coast, in a third. But without St. Oswald's, I would not have discovered the fisherman's hut with its roaring fire, its striped blankets, its sea monster stew. 
 
Without St. Oswald's, I would not have met the boy with the beautiful eyes, the flickering half-smile, and no past. 
 
Without St. Oswald's, I would not have met Finn. 
 
And without Finn, there would be no story. 
 
Shall we begin?

The Bride's Farewell

With its brooding and atmospheric nineteenth century setting, Meg Rosoff's The Bride's Farewell is a romantic novel that continues to haunt and captivate the reader long after reading. 
 
On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and flees - determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. 
 
The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. 
 
And then she meets a hunter - infuriating, mysterious and cold. His fate appears to be strangely entwined with her own. Will he help her to find what she seeks? Or must she continue to wander the earth, searching for love and lost things . . . 
 
Bestselling author Meg Rosoff has received great critical acclaim since the publication of her first novel How I Live Now (winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize). Her other novels, Just in Case (winner of the 2007 Carnegie Medal) and What I Was which was described by The Times as 'Samuel Beckett on ecstasy', are also available from Puffin. Follow Meg on Twitter @megrosoff.

Meg Rosoff became a publishing sensation with her first novel, How I Live Now, which won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Her second novel, Just in Case, won the Carnegie Medal in 2007. What I Was was described by The Times as 'Samuel Beckett on Ecstasy'. Meg lives in London with her husband and daughter.

On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and flees - determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow. She takes the only thing that truly belongs to her: Jack, a white horse. 
 
The road ahead is rich with longing, silence and secrets, and each encounter leads her closer to the untold story of her past. Then Pell meets a hunter, infuriating, mysterious and cold. Will he help her to find what she seeks? 
 
With all the hallmarks of Meg Rosoff's extraordinary writing, The Bride's Farewell also breaks new ground for this author, in a nineteenth-century, Hardyesque setting. This is a moving story of love and lost things, with a core of deep, beautiful romance.

Meg Rosoff

Mila is on a roadtrip in the USA with her father. They are trying to solve the mystery of his best friend's disappearance but Mila discovers a more important truth. Sometimes the act of searching reveals more than the final discovery can. Adults do not have all the answers. It all depends what questions you ask. 
 
A brilliantly atmospheric exploration of someone on the brink of adulthood, from prizewinning author Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now, now a major film.

Meg Rosoff

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