Home Girl
Alex Wheatle
Sep 2019 · RB Media · Narrated by Zoe Grisedale
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‘This isn’t my home. Haven’t had a proper home since ... This is just somewhere I’ll be resting my bones for a week and maybe a bit.
This time next year you’ll forget who I am. I haven’t got a diddly where I’ll be by then.
But I’m used to it’
Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast (far too fast) in the care system. It sheds light on an unsettling life—and the consequences that can follow when children are treated like pawns on a family chessboard.
Home Girl is fast-paced and funny, tender, tragic and full of courage, just like Naomi. It is award-winning author Alex Wheatle’s most moving and personal novel to date.
This time next year you’ll forget who I am. I haven’t got a diddly where I’ll be by then.
But I’m used to it’
Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl growing up fast (far too fast) in the care system. It sheds light on an unsettling life—and the consequences that can follow when children are treated like pawns on a family chessboard.
Home Girl is fast-paced and funny, tender, tragic and full of courage, just like Naomi. It is award-winning author Alex Wheatle’s most moving and personal novel to date.
‘This isn’t my home. Haven’t had a proper home since ... This is just somewhere I’ll be resting my bones for a week and maybe a bit.
This time next year you’ll forget who I am. I haven’t got a diddly where I’ll be by then.
But I’m used to it’
Home Girl is the story of Naomi, a teenage girl gro...
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About the author
Alex Wheatle was born in Brixton in 1963. He founded the Crucial Rocker sound system, performing his own songs using the name, Yardman Irie. He spent a short time in prison where he began to write poems and lyrics. After he got out, he became known as the Brixton Bard. He is the author of Brixton Rock, East of Acre Lane, The Seven Sisters, Checkers (written with Mark Parham), Island Songs, The Dirty South, Breton Brown, and Liccle Bit. His 2016 book, Crongton Knights won the 2016 Guardian children's fiction prize for his YA novel.
Alex Wheatle was born in Brixton in 1963. He founded the Crucial Rocker sound system, performing his own songs using the name, Yardman Irie. He spent a short time in prison where he began to write poems and lyrics. After he got out, he became known as the Brixton Bard. He is the author of Brixton...
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