Holier Than Thou

Author(s): Laura Buzo

New Young Adult Fiction (Ages 13+)

'What do you want, Hol?' Abby looks into my eyes. 'I ...I want to know that I'm using my powers for good and - 'You want to make a dead man proud.' 'Whoa!' 'You want to put bandages over severed arteries that really need to be sewn shut. You want the moral high ground.'


 


Holly Yarkov has a boyfriend who is a gift from the universe. She has a job that fulfils her even as it wears her down. She has a core group of friends from high school. And she has a layer of steel around her heart that is beginning to tarnish. Just as she is reaching for a future she can't quite see, Holly is borne back into the past by memories of her beloved father, and of the boy-who-might-have-been...


 


Grief and longing run like veins of quicksilver through this beautiful novel, at once gloriously funny and achingly sad.


Product Information

Laura Buzo is a social worker with a young daughter. Her first novel, Good Oil, was published in 2010 and was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award. This is her second novel.

General Fields

  • : 9781741759983
  • : Allen & Unwin
  • : Allen & Unwin
  • : December 2011
  • : 198mm X 128mm
  • : Australia
  • : May 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Laura Buzo
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : A823.00
  • : 300