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When Gavanndra Hodge was seven years old her world was a precarious place. Her father was a hairdresser and drug dealer to Chelsea's most decadent inhabitants; her mother an alcoholic ex-model. So, it was up to Gavanndra to keep her little sister Candy safe. But when Candy dies suddenly on holiday, aged nine, Gavanndra's family, already so fragile and damaged, implodes. With only memories of Candy's awful final moments, Gavanndra embarks on a journey to write her way back to the little girl whose death tore her family apart. This is a story of loss and recovery, trauma and memory. It is a joyous and compelling account of the strength of the love between sisters and how nothing is every truly lost if we are brave enough to return to where we began
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The Consequences of Love, Gavanndra Hodge
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- Released
- 2020
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gavanndra Hodge
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN10
- 024141332X
- ISBN13
- 9780241413326
- Series
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
- Description
- When Gavanndra Hodge was seven years old her world was a precarious place. Her father was a hairdresser and drug dealer to Chelsea's most decadent inhabitants; her mother an alcoholic ex-model. So, it was up to Gavanndra to keep her little sister Candy safe. But when Candy dies suddenly on holiday, aged nine, Gavanndra's family, already so fragile and damaged, implodes. With only memories of Candy's awful final moments, Gavanndra embarks on a journey to write her way back to the little girl whose death tore her family apart. This is a story of loss and recovery, trauma and memory. It is a joyous and compelling account of the strength of the love between sisters and how nothing is every truly lost if we are brave enough to return to where we began