Sometimes lies are safer than the truth When her mother is knocked down and killed by a London bus, fifteen-year-old Melon Fouraki is left with no family worth mentioning. Her mother, Maria, never did introduce Melon to a 'living, breathing' father. The indomitable Auntie Aphrodite, meanwhile, is hundreds of miles away on a farm in Crete, and is unlikely to be jumping on a plane and coming to East Finchley anytime soon. But at least Melon has 'The Story'. 'The Story' is the Fourakis family fairytale. A story is something. RED INK is a powerful coming-of-age tale about superstition, denial and family myth.
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Product Details
Weight: 345g
Dimensions: 23 x 215mm
Publication Date: 07 Feb 2013
Publisher: Hot Key Books
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Age Group: Ages 12+
ISBN13: 9781471400346
About Julie Mayhew
Julie Mayhew is the author of Red Ink (shortlisted for the 2014 Branford Boase Award) The Big Lie (winner of the 2016 Sidewise Award for Alternate History) and the critically acclaimed Mother Tongue. She also writes for the stage and for film and has been twice nominated for Best Original Drama at the BBC Audio Drama Awards for her radio plays -including a 2016 recognition for the The Electrical Venus the drama on which this book is based. Julie grew up in Peterborough and originally trained as a journalist then as an actress before turning to writing because she couldn't find enough brilliant roles for girls. www.juliemayhew.co.uk Twitter: @juliemayhew Instagram: JulieMayhew