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Bezig met laden... The Pausedoor John Larkin
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An interesting story about mental health issues and how a single pause can have dramatic consequences on a person's life. ( ) You know that a book is better than average when I order two advance copies for my Library before I write the review! I work in an area where teenage suicide is rampant, often with young adults choosing to end their lives in the same way as the main character does here. This is the "Sliding Doors" version of suicide - in one version Declan throws himself in front of a train and we are treated to the ensuing horror of what happens to him, the effect on the train driver and the others on the platform as well as those he loves.. In the other version, Declan "pauses" and we see the difficult road ahead as he must endure psychiatrists, face his demons and after a long road, finally come out battered but triumphant. As a teacher with a first hand experience of suicide and its devastating effects, I have nothing but praise for this book. It shows that "the Pause" is not easy..it is a hard road for those who choose not to end it all..but the reward at the end of the struggle ( which is constant) is worth it. Highly recommended Year 8 upwards. This book will win awards. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A hard-hitting story about mental health and living with depression and anxiety I watch the train emerge from the tunnel. It will be quick. It will be efficient. It will be final. Declan seems to have it all: a family that loves him, friends he's known for years, a beautiful girlfriend he would go to the ends of the earth for. But there's something in Declan's past that just won't go away, that pokes and scratches at his thoughts when he's at his most vulnerable. Declan feels as if nothing will take away that pain that he has buried deep inside for so long. So he makes the only decision he thinks he has left: the decision to end it all. Or does he? As the train approaches and Declan teeters at the edge of the platform, two versions of his life are revealed. In one, Declan watches as his body is destroyed and the lives of those who loved him unravel. In the other, Declan pauses before he jumps. And this makes all the difference. One moment. One pause. One whole new life. From author of The Shadow Girl, winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2012 Prize for Writing for Young Adults, comes a breathtaking new novel that will make you reconsider the road you're traveling and the tracks you're leaving behind. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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