The Gunners
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Friends
friendship
funeral
heartwarming
honesty
loss
loyalty
maturity
recovery
relationship
reunion
school
suicide
the big chill
Wedding
Product details
- ISBN 9781788161060
- Weight: 224g
- Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 04 Jul 2019
- Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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What's the point in friends, if you can't share your secrets?
The Gunners used to be inseparable. A gang of latchkey kids, they took their name from the doorbell of the abandoned house they played in as children - and drank in as teenagers. Together they navigated the difficult journey from childhood to adolescence and learnt their first vital lessons about becoming adults; Mikey, Sam, Lynn, Alice, Jimmy and Sally are more like a family than just friends.
One day, Sally suddenly stopped speaking to them and wouldn't explain why. Years later, Sally's suicide forces the Gunners back together for her funeral. All of them have secrets they are reluctant to share, secrets which mean they must reassess their happy memories and finally be honest about the reasons Sally left.
This is a generous and poignant novel about the difficulty - and the joy - of being a true friend.
Rebecca Kauffman is originally from rural northeastern Ohio. She studied Classical Violin Performance at the Manhattan School of Music before receiving an MFA in Creative Writing from NYU. Her novel Another Place You've Never Been is published by Soft Skull Press. Rebecca has worked both in restaurants and as a teacher. She currently lives in Virginia.
