The coconut children / Vivian Pham.
Publication details: Docklands, Vic. : Vintage, part of the Penguin Random House, 2020.Description: x, 282 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 0143793837 (pbk.)
- 9780143793830
- Romance fiction
- Teenagers -- Fiction
- First loves -- Fiction
- Parent and child -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Juvenile delinquency -- Australia -- Fiction
- Australian fiction
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- Families -- Fiction
- Teenage girls -- Fiction
- Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
- Friendship in children -- Fiction
- Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction
- New South Wales -- Fiction
- 813.6 23
- Winner 2021 ABIA New Writer of the Year.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction - Romantic | PHA | Available | 070611 |
Includes bibliographical references.
"Growing up can feel like a death sentence. Life in a troubled neighbourhood demands too much too young. But Sonny wouldn?t really know. Watching the world from her bedroom window, she exists only in second-hand romance novels and falls for any fast-food employee who happens to spare her a glance. Everything changes with the return of Vince, a boy who became a legend after he was hauled away in handcuffs at fourteen. Sonny and Vince used to be childhood friends. But with all that happened in-between, childhood seems so long ago. It will take two years of juvie, an inebriated grandmother and a porn stash for them to meet again. The Coconut Children is an urgent, moving and wise debut from a young and gifted storyteller." -- Back cover.
Winner 2021 ABIA New Writer of the Year.
