My Brother's Ghost
Author | : Allan Ahlberg |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 43 |
Release | : 2001-02-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780141928067 |
ISBN-13 | : 0141928069 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis My Brother's Ghost by : Allan Ahlberg
Download or read book My Brother's Ghost written by Allan Ahlberg and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frances Foggarty, now in her fifties, remembers her childhood.. When she was nine her ten-year-old brother, Tom, was hit by a milk-float and killed. He returns after the funeral and Frances's story is of her new relationship with Tom, the ghost and 'guardian angel'. Frances wears a caliper as a result of polio and she and her young brother live with a rather tyrannical aunt. In this touching tale of loss, hardship and endurance Frances comes to terms with Tom's death and moves on in her life.