Peeling the Onion
subtitle:
How many layers hide the person you really are?
first published: 1996
publisher: Allen & Unwin, Australia
age group: 13 years and older
length: 120 pages
ISBN: 1-86373-947-5
Description:
Anna Duncan, popular, ambitious, athletic - a karate champion - until a car accident catapults her into a new life of disability, dependency, and pain. The layers of her life are being peeled away and she doesn't know what she'll find inside: Who, now, is Anna Duncan?
Excerpt:
A star of shattered glass, cold against my temple.
Blackness.
I want to claw my way out but can't move, want to scream but don't know how.
The blackness is swallowing me and I know that if I can't fight it the me
will be gone and the blackness will go on without end. read more
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 Wendy's Comments:
The inspiration for the book came mostly from my own accident, and a feeling that I wanted to tell the truth about what it was like to go through a trauma like that. I'm not Anna - I was 20 years older, for one thing, so my needs, problems and solutions were quite different, even though the injuries and some of the medical treatments were the same.
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Purchasing Information:
Peeling the Onion is currently in various editions and is available at bookshops in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Canada, the USA, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Denmark and Germany.
Or you can purchase it online:
in Australia at The Well
in the USA at Amazon
in the UK at Amazon UK
in Germany at Amazon.de
Awards:
Honour Book, Children's Book Council Australia, 1997
Highly Commended, Australian Family Association, 1997
An American Library Association best book for young adults, 1998
A New York Public Library Book for the Teenage, 1998
Shortlisted for the South Carolina Best Book for Young Adults, 1999-2000
Shortlisted for the Virginia Young Readers, High School, 1999-2000
Shortlisted for the Evergreen Awards (USA), 2000
Shortlisted for the NASEN Special Educational Needs Book Awards (UK - as Fighting Back)
Shortlisted for the Bilby Awards (Queensland, Australia), 2000
Shortlisted for the Utah Young Adult Book Award, 2000-2001
Editions and Translations:
Published in the USA by Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1999, ISBN 0-440-22773-9
Published in Italy in ITALIAN as La mia vita fatta di strati by Edizioni EL, 1997, ISBN 88-477-0115-5
Published in the UKas Fighting Back by Orchard Books, 1998, ISBN 1-86039-550-3 (paperback), ISBN 1-86039-548-1 (hardback)
Published in Belgium and the Netherlands in DUTCH as Van uien schillen moet je huilen by Houtekiet/Fontein, 1998, ISBN 9026113455
Published in Germany and Switzerland in GERMAN as Der Ernstfall - oder Fang an zu leben by AARE Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-7260-0493-9
Published in Denmark in DANISH as Smertens Tunnel by Gyldendal, 1998, ISBN 87-00-31556-7
Published in the USA by Holiday House, 1997, ISBN 0-8234-1289-X
and issued in audio book format by Bolinda Audio Books,
ISBN 1-876584-66-1
and by Louis Braille Books, 1997, ISBN 0-73202-068-9
Wendy's Recommendations:
If you liked Peeling the Onion, I think you'll also enjoy these books:
Leaving It To You
The House at Evelyn's Pond
And by other authors:
Dear Nobody by Berlie Doherty
Looking for Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
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