Red ink
With no family to go to after her mother is killed by a bus, fifteen-year-old Melon Fouraki clings to a family fairy tale in order to survive her grief.
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- ISBN: 9780763677312
- Physical Description 297 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition First U.S. edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2016.
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Summary
Red Ink
A sharp-witted teenager discovers surprising truths after her mother's death in a wry and heartrending novel touching on denial, identity, and family lore. 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 her to a living, breathing father. The indomitable Auntie Aphrodite, meanwhile, is hundreds of miles away on a farm in Crete, and she is not likely to jump on a plane to come to East Finchley anytime soon. But at least Melon has The Story. The Story is the Fouraki family fairy tale. A story is something. Balanced with tenderness and humor, this time-shifting novel offers a narrator by turns angry and vulnerable, hurt and defiant as she struggles with sudden grief--and the unfolding process of finding out who she really is.