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
- :
- : Allen & Unwin
- : Allen & Unwin
- : December 2011
- : 198mm X 128mm
- : Australia
- : May 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Laura Buzo
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : A823.00
- : 300